---
title: "Get started with CDP Backup"
description: "Turn on CDP Backup for a running node, wait for its first recovery point, and find the files you can restore from it."
content_type: "get-started"
product: "cdp-backup"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/cdp-backup/get-started/"
---

# Get started with CDP Backup

Back up a node every few hours and browse its first recovery point. All you need is a running
node; to make one, see [Create a node](/myaccount/node/how-to/create-a-node/).

CDP Backup is billed every month: a licence for each node it backs up, and backup storage at the
month's peak size in GB. For the rates, see
[E2E's pricing page](https://www.e2enetworks.com/pricing).

## Open port 1167 on the node

E2E's backup server connects to the backup agent on the node on TCP port 1167. You can turn backup
on once a security group on the node allows this port. If the node's own firewall blocks it,
backups fail.

1. In **Compute > Nodes**, click the node and open its **Security Group** tab. Note the security
   groups attached to it.
2. In one of them, add an inbound rule for port 1167 with **Any Network** as the source. In the port
   list, choose **CDP Backup**, the entry for port 1167. See [Security Group](/myaccount/security-group/).
3. If the node runs a firewall of its own, such as UFW, firewalld, or Windows Defender Firewall,
   allow inbound TCP port 1167 there as well. See
   [Allow port 1167 in the node's firewall](/myaccount/cdp-backup/troubleshooting/cdp-backup/#allow-port-1167-in-the-nodes-firewall).

A rule that allows **All** or **All TCP** traffic works too. In a **Custom TCP** rule, 1167 can be
one of several ports. A port range such as 1000-2000 does not count, even if it includes 1167.

## Turn backup on

For every setting in the dialog, see
[Turn on CDP Backup for a node](/myaccount/cdp-backup/how-to/turn-on-cdp-backup/).

If the node holds sensitive data, read
[Backup encryption](/myaccount/cdp-backup/concepts/backup-encryption/) before you turn backup on.
You choose encryption only at this point. Turning backup off deletes every recovery point the node
has. To add encryption later, you must turn backup off and on again.

1. In MyAccount, open **CDP Backups**. If none of your nodes is backed up yet, click
   **Get Started**. **Manage CDP Backups** lists your nodes.
2. Open the node's **Actions** menu and click **Activate Backup**.
   **Backup Schedule Configuration** opens.
3. Leave the plan that is selected in **Select backup schedule mode**. The dialog shows how often
   that plan backs up and which recovery points it keeps. You can change the plan later. If you change the plan later, the yearly count stays as this plan sets it now.
4. Leave the other settings as they are for now, and click **Activate**.

You see "Your backups will begin shortly.", and E2E emails the account owner that backup is
activated. The first backup starts right away. Because it copies all the node's data, it takes
longer than the backups after it.

## Wait for the first recovery point

In **Manage CDP Backups**, the node's **Backup Status** reads **In-Progress** while the first
backup runs. Click **Refresh** to see its latest status. When it reads **Available**, the first
recovery point is ready. E2E emails the account owner, with project members in copy. On a new,
nearly empty node, the first backup takes about five minutes.

## Look inside the recovery point

1. In **Manage CDP Backups**, click the node, and open its **Backup Recovery Points** tab.
2. Click the date of the recovery point. If the backup is encrypted, enter the **Passphrase** and
   click **Submit**. **Browse Recovery Point** opens at `/`, the top of the node's disk.
3. Open a folder to see the files the backup holds.

This is where you come back to restore a file. Close **Browse Recovery Point** for now.

## What you have now

The node is backed up on its plan's schedule, and each backup adds a recovery point you can
restore from. Next:

- [Restore files from a recovery point](/myaccount/cdp-backup/how-to/restore-files-from-a-recovery-point/)
  when you need a file back.
- [Back up a database on a node](/myaccount/cdp-backup/how-to/back-up-a-database-on-a-node/) if the
  node runs MySQL or SQL Server.
- [Change the backup schedule](/myaccount/cdp-backup/how-to/change-the-backup-schedule/) to leave out
  logs and temporary files.

If backup does not turn on or the first backup fails, see
[Troubleshooting CDP Backup](/myaccount/cdp-backup/troubleshooting/cdp-backup/).