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Deployment and Operations

Backup

Data that must be preserved for a self-hosted instance.

Back up these Docker volumes:

  • etcd-data, minio-data, and milvus-data for the Milvus collection;
  • icml-index for current.json and build checkpoints;
  • icml-state for sessions, limits, and the embedding cache.

Stop the MCP application before backing up icml-state. For a consistent Milvus backup, stop Milvus, etcd, and MinIO together or use a Milvus-supported backup procedure. Restore all three Milvus volumes as one set, then restore the manifest and runtime-state volumes.