Trusted and secure peer-to-peer backup and recovery

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• identifying, by a first network device, a second network device as a trusted peer device;
• receiving, by the first network device, an advertisement from the second network device that indicates the second network device supports a peer-to-peer backup system;
• transmitting, by the first network device and to the second network device, an acknowledgement indicating that the first network device supports the peer-to-peer backup system;
• receiving, by the first network device and from the second network device, a request to store backup data associated with the second network device on the first network device, the request including an amount of memory needed to store the backup data associated with the second network device;
• in response to the first network device having the amount of memory available in memory reserved for peer-to-peer backup data, transmitting, from the first network device and to the second network device, an indication that the amount of memory is available on the first network device, the indication including a recovery key;
• receiving, by the first network device and from the second network device, backup data associated with the second network device encrypted with the recovery key, wherein the backup data associated with the second network device comprises configuration data and telemetry data associated with the second network device;
• and
• storing the encrypted backup data associated with the second network device in memory of the first network device reserved for peer-to-peer backup data.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• identifying, by a first network device, a second network device as a trusted peer device;
• receiving, by the first network device, an advertisement from the second network device that indicates the second network device supports a peer-to-peer backup system;
• transmitting, by the first network device and to the second network device, an acknowledgement indicating that the first network device supports the peer-to-peer backup system;
• receiving, by the first network device and from the second network device, a request to store backup data associated with the second network device on the first network device, the request including an amount of memory needed to store the backup data associated with the second network device;
• in response to the first network device having the amount of memory available in memory reserved for peer-to-peer backup data, transmitting, from the first network device and to the second network device, an indication that the amount of memory is available on the first network device, the indication including a recovery key, wherein the backup data associated with the second network device comprises configuration data and telemetry data associated with the second network device;
• receiving, by the first network device and from the second network device, backup data associated with the second network device encrypted with the recovery key;
• and
• storing the encrypted backup data associated with the second network device in memory of the first network device reserved for peer-to-peer backup data.