# When we backup using Aerospike, is it possible to encrypt the backup file?

**URL:** <https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/when-we-backup-using-aerospike-is-it-possible-to-encrypt-the-backup-file/800>\
**Category:** Security\
**Created:** [December 31, 2014, 9:12am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/when-we-backup-using-aerospike-is-it-possible-to-encrypt-the-backup-file/800 "2014-12-31T09:12:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![akhilkk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@akhilkk](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/akhilkk)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 9:12am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/when-we-backup-using-aerospike-is-it-possible-to-encrypt-the-backup-file/800/1 "2014-12-31T09:12:40Z")

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Can the backup File be encrypted? If yes, is it possible with the open source edition Or will it require any extra software for encryption?

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**Author:** ![petter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.aerospike.com/petter/32/44_2.png) [@petter](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/petter)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2014, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/when-we-backup-using-aerospike-is-it-possible-to-encrypt-the-backup-file/800/2 "2014-12-31T09:44:10Z")

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Hi,

Thank you for your question. There is no built in functionality to encrypt the file but there are many tools out there to encrypt files on Linux systems which you could utilize, GPG, bcrypt, ccrypt, and 7-zip comes to mind right now but I am sure there are many more.

Thanks Petter