Document maintaining an offsite backup instance for failover

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    • Type: Suggestion
    • Resolution: Won't Fix
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    • Component/s: Documentation - All
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      Some organisations require the option to switch all mission-critical applications to an offsite backup in the event that the primary instance goes down. Please document the basics of setting this up:

      1. Install JIRA to a backup server using a development key that is not running
      2. Setup a load balancer front end that can test if JIRA is responsive on the primary and backup servers
      3. Setup a database backup system that transfers the database contents to the backup server database, eg nightly or hourly
      4. Setup a script so that the load balancer will start the backup instance, stop the periodic database transfers and redirect requests in the event that the primary goes down

      If there's a better method then we should document that instead.

            Assignee:
            Wazza
            Reporter:
            David Soul [Atlassian]
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