Settings

Application settings
Snapshot interval
Defines how often a data snapshot of endpoints is taken. Can be overridden for individual endpoints in the endpoint configuration.
Use custom logo
Replaces our logo with your own. Toggle on and enter the URL to the logo. The recommended size is 155px by 55px.
Allow the collection of anonymous statistics
We collect anonymized information about your Portainer installation to help with our product development. You can opt out during installation, or toggle this setting off at any time.
App Templates
You can deploy containers and services using Portainer's set of built-in app templates, or replace them with your own set of templates. Once you have a JSON file containing the template definitions, you can provide the URL to it here.
Edge Compute
To enable Edge Compute functionality in Portainer, select Settings from the menu then scroll down to the Edge Compute section. Toggle Enable edge compute features on then click Save settings. You can also adjust the Edge agent default poll frequency of individual endpoints to a value that suits.
Once Edge Compute is enabled, more options will be available in the menu:
Hidden containers
Stops a container from appearing in the Portainer UI through the container label. Enter the name and value of the label, then click Add filter. Containers with matching labels will be hidden.
Backup Portainer
This setting contains all of the information that Portainer stores on the /data volume, archived in a tar.gz file, and is optionally encrypted with a password. This archive is all you need to restore Portainer.
Backing up to a local disk
Log in as an admin user. From the menu select Settings, then scroll down to the Backup Portainer section.
Download backup file is the default option. As an optional step, toggle Password protect on and enter a password to encrypt the backup file. When you click Download backup, a tar.gz file will be downloaded via the browser.
Backing up to S3
With Portainer Business Edition you have the option to store a backup of your configuration in an S3 bucket, either on demand or on a defined schedule.
To do this, log in as an admin user, select Settings from the menu, then scroll down to Backup Portainer. Select Store in S3 and fill in the options, using the below as a guide.
Field/Option
Overview
Schedule automatic backups
Enable this to schedule an automatic backup of your configuration to an S3 bucket.
Cron rule
Define how often you want the backup to run using the cron format.
[minute] [hour] [day of month] [month] [day of week]
For example, the following would run a backup at 3:41am every Tuesday:
41 3 * * 2
Access Key ID
Enter the access key ID for your S3 bucket.
Secret Access Key
Enter the secret key for your S3 bucket.
Region
Enter the region where your bucket is located (for example, us-west-1).
Bucket name
Enter the name of your S3 bucket.
Password protect
Enable this to protect your backups with a password.
Password
Enter the password to set on your backups.
Once the settings have been entered, click Export backup to perform a manual backup, or Save backup settings to save the scheduled backup configuration.
Restoring from a local file
Restoring a configuration is only possible on a fresh instance of Portainer during the initial installation. When you need to restore Portainer, deploy a fresh instance of Portainer with an empty data volume and choose the Restore Portainer from backup option during setup.
On the initialization page, expand Restore Portainer from backup. Click Select file then browse to and select the tar.gz backup file. If the backup was originally encrypted, enter the password then click Restore Portainer.
The restore might take a few moments. When it has finished, you will be redirected to the login page. You can now log in with your previous credentials and your previous configuration will be restored.
Restoring from S3
Restoring a configuration is only possible on a fresh instance of Portainer during the initial installation. When you need to restore Portainer, deploy a fresh instance of Portainer with an empty data volume and choose the Restore Portainer from backup option during setup, making sure to select Retrieve from S3. Complete the fields using the table below as a guide.
Field/Option
Overview
Access Key ID
Enter the access key ID for your S3 bucket.
Secret Access Key
Enter the secret key for your S3 bucket.
Region
Enter the region where your bucket is located (for example, us-west-1).
Bucket name
Enter the name of your S3 bucket.
Filename
Enter the filename of the backup you want to restore.
Password
Enter the password set on your backup (if any).
When you're ready, click Restore Portainer. The restore might take a few moments. When it has finished, you will be redirected to the login page. You can now log in with your previous credentials and your previous configuration will be restored.