examples/uses/artifact.md

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title: Backup & Restore data with Artifacts
description: VESSL Run with VESSL Artifact
version: EN
---

# Backup and restore data with VESSL Artifact
VESSL Artifact provides a manged storage solution to backup and restore data seamlessly during your runs. By setting up the `export` and `import` options in your YAML configuration or through the Web Console, you can easily save and retrieve volumes. This guide covers how to use these features for data persistence.

## Backing Up Data
When you initiate a run, you can specify volumes to be exported and saved into VESSL Artifact for later use.

### Using YAML
In your YAML configuration, add the `export` keyword and specify the target volume and artifact name as shown below:
```yaml
export: 
  /target/path/: vessl-artifact://{organizationName}/{projectName}/{artifactName}
```
Here, `/target/path/` is the path of the volume in your run container that you wish to export, and `{artifactName}` is the name you want to give to the saved artifact.

### Using Web Console
Navigate to the `Project > Runs` section in the VESSL Web Console. Locate the `Volumes` section and click `Export > VESSL Artifact` at the target path. 

![export_vessl_artifact_1](/images/run/export_vessl_artifact_1.png)

Click `Backup Volume` option and specify the `Artifact Name`.

![export_vessl_artifact_2](/images/run/export_vessl_artifact_2.png)

Once the run is executed, the specified volume will be exported and saved into VESSL Artifact with the given artifact name after run.

## Restoring Data
To use the saved data in another run, you can specify the artifact to be imported.

### Using YAML
In your YAML configuration for the new run, use the `import` keyword as shown:

```yaml
import:
  /target/path/: vessl-artifact://{organizationName}/{projectName}/{artifactName}
```
`/target/path/` is the path of the volume in your run container that you wish to import, and `{artifactName}` is the name you have saved before.


### Using Web Console
Navigate to the `Project > Runs"` section in the VESSL Web Console. Locate the `Volumes` section when creating or editing a run.
![import_vessl_artifact_1](/images/run/import_vessl_artifact_1.png)
Once the new run is executed, the specified volume will be populated with the data from the imported artifact.

## What's Next
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