Instance health checks - XML Backup files

Question

Instance Health check warning of backup file in the local application storage. These back up files consist of 'entities' and 'activeobjects' .xml files and it is not recommended to keep them in the local application due to potential security risks.

My question is, would it okay to delete these files if I am already using a native database backup tool?

Aron Gombas _Midori_ · Accepted Answer

@Vini Vincent If you store issue attachments in the filesystem, then creating backups from the database will not include attachments! The XML backup will include those (and everything).

But, I think, it is possible to switch Jira to store attachments in the DB... It was, at least. If it is still possible, then I think it is sufficient to backup the DB only.

Radek Dostál · Accepted Answer

The "recommendation" is entirely dependent on permissions for the directory.

But yes if you're using native DB backups then the xml dumps are practically worthless and inferior so you might as well wipe the files and disable periodic backups as per https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/automating-jira-application-backups-938847675.html#Configuringautomaticdatabasebackups-Disableautomaticdatabasebackups