# Etcd Configure Backup

PMK is able to backup your Etcd key value store to help recover from unplanned cluster outages. To configure Etcd backup for a cluster, you need to first enable Etcd backup capability for that cluster during cluster creation process

### Configure Etcd Backup During Cluster Creation

* Start the cluster creation wizard for BareOS or AWS.
* Configure the Master nodes based on your cluster requirements and click `next`.
* Configure the Worker nodes based on your workloads requirements and click `next`.
* Setup the network configuration for the cluster and click `next`.
* The advanced configuration step is where **Etcd Backup** is configured. On the screen ensure the `Enable Etcd Backup` checkbox is checked. Platform9 will pre-populate the backup location and set the backup interval, to override the default configuration set the Storage Path and Backup Interval in the wizard

Once set click `next` and complete the cluster creation.

Once the cluster has been provisioned Etcd Backups will be written to the specified location at the specified interval.

### Enable/Disable and Edit Etcd Backup

If you have existing clusters without Etcd Backup or would like to edit an existing Etcd Backup configuration follow the steps below.

* Navigate to the Infrastructure screen, select a cluster in the clusters table and click the `edit` button within the table toolbar.
* On the Edit Cluster page you can enable or disable Etcd Backup, update the storage path and change the Backup Interval. If Etcd Backup isn’t enabled check the `Enable Etcd Backup` this will reveal the Storage Path and Backup Interval fields.
* Set the desired parameters for Storage Path and Backup Interval

Once the desired settings are in place click the `Update Cluster` button.