# Applications

Storware Backup & Recovery allows you to setup periodic backup with your own scripts or application-native backup commands. These can be executed either on the Node or remotely over SSH. 

The Application can reside anywhere - it can be in a VM, Kubernetes deployment, or on a physical box. 

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**Note:** The only requirement is to allow Storware Backup & Recovery to execute a set of commands over SSH or on the node to access data remotely.
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In this section are: 

[Instances](https://docs.storware.eu/70/administration/applications/instances) - Create Application definition (at least its name and Command Execution Configuration and select node which is going to do the work)

[Execution Configurations](https://docs.storware.eu/70/administration/applications/execution-configurations) - Prepare script or commands (this is a description of how your script is going to be invoked)

[Backups SLAs](https://docs.storware.eu/70/administration/applications/backup-slas) - allow you to setup a correlation between applications, backup destinations, and schedules. It also allows you to configure policy schedules (schedules tab).