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# File management

Back up, restore, and update Hera 204 files.

Back up the running configuration, upload a configuration archive, or upload a software package.

### Configuration backup

In **File Management**, click **Backup**. Your browser downloads the running configuration as a `tar.gz` archive.

### Configuration upload

{% stepper %}
{% step %}

#### Select the archive

In **Configuration Upload**, click **Upload**. Click **Choose File**, then select a `tar.gz` configuration archive.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}

#### Apply the configuration

Click **OK**. Choose whether to reboot immediately or later.
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

![Configuration upload](https://733576849-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FY2LsJ6998Uo7AtYcmJWd%2Fuploads%2FXf5E3jeAGxNUgiOCRh3W%2Fconfiguration_upload_figure.png?alt=media\&token=6f86e67a-8a20-41d7-b716-99fe6b202cfb)

![Configuration upload confirmation](https://733576849-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FY2LsJ6998Uo7AtYcmJWd%2Fuploads%2FKtmZtkOuWGTw97hezo6n%2Fconfiguration_upload_figure_02.png?alt=media\&token=1d388194-988d-4fbf-9d72-d0c8b5c34b76)

### Software upload

In **Software Upload**, click **Upload**, then **Choose File**. Select the `tar.gz` software archive. The router installs the package, reboots, and applies it.

![Software upload](https://733576849-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FY2LsJ6998Uo7AtYcmJWd%2Fuploads%2FwU9uCx8tPONg5iDavHzm%2Fpage_image_figure_06.png?alt=media\&token=19d2159e-b2ed-4214-b73b-44e59f65317f)

![Selected software archive](https://733576849-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FY2LsJ6998Uo7AtYcmJWd%2Fuploads%2F9XHDTVSso98Sc2QcLeJO%2Fsoftware_upload_figure.jpeg?alt=media\&token=a4dd9ac9-b499-4573-852c-64171bd98894)

![Software installation](https://733576849-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FY2LsJ6998Uo7AtYcmJWd%2Fuploads%2FPVcQCmU0DLsu6JcwHdGc%2Fpage_image_figure.jpeg?alt=media\&token=ad8b3502-ff13-4863-a8f7-81b66238ba81)

![Software update rebooting](https://733576849-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FY2LsJ6998Uo7AtYcmJWd%2Fuploads%2FAmIoaNIrdB0Q6uTGcTdO%2Fpage_image_figure_02.jpeg?alt=media\&token=48376436-b6e0-403d-acca-e7c835c8215b)

![Software update in progress](https://733576849-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FY2LsJ6998Uo7AtYcmJWd%2Fuploads%2FM3Jr9SRV9020N2p7gTJR%2Fsoftware_upload_figure.png?alt=media\&token=643807da-f952-4616-b9bc-06b575b03b1c)


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