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title: "Configuration Backup from Nx6 or Nx12"
slug: "configuration-backup-from-nx6-or-nx12"
updated: 2024-12-18T11:16:33Z
published: 2024-12-18T11:16:33Z
canonical: "docs.telosalliance.com/configuration-backup-from-nx6-or-nx12"
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# Configuration Backup from Nx6 or Nx12

## Scope

How to download and load a configuration backup from and into your Nx12 or Nx6 system. This process is also applicable to the Hx6 and iQ6 systems.

## Backing up Configuration

1. Log in to the Nx's web UI with your browser using the IP address configured at the Nx's front panel.
2. Navigate to the **Backup** page.
3. Click **Save As...** under **Save Configuration.**

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4. Your browser will download an *.xml file from your Nx. Save this file to a safe location.

## Loading a Configuration

1. Log in to the Nx12's web UI with your browser using the IP address configured at the Nx's front panel.
2. Navigate to the **Backup** page.
3. Click the **Browse...** button under **Load Configuration.**
4. Locate the configuration *.xml file on your PC and click **Open.**
5. Click the **Upload** button.

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