diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5fdcfe1d4..73702cfe4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The changelog format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
-## [0.4.3] - NEXT
+## [0.4.4] - NEXT
 
 **Milestone**: Hippopotamus(0.10.0.7)
 
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ The changelog format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/e
 | ---------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
 | Symbol Bootstrap | v0.4.4  | [symbol-bootstrap](https://www.npmjs.com/package/symbol-bootstrap) |
 
+-   Added `--backupSync` to `config` and `start` commands. It downloads a backup with the Mongo and RocksDb databases for faster synchronization.
+-   Added `backup` command. The command backups the Mongo and RocksDb data folder into a Zip file that can be used for `--backupSync` feature.
+-   Splitting `userconfig` into `server-config` and `broker-config` for each service. 
 -   Added `--ready` to `link` and `enrolRewardProgram` commands.
 -   Fixed how seed is copied to node folders when `--upgrade` and `resetData` are used
 -   Moved Reward Program Agent to its own service/container in docker-compose.yml.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1f25d784b..5aacfa792 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ General users should install this tool like any other node module.
 # Command Topics
 
 * [`symbol-bootstrap autocomplete`](docs/autocomplete.md) - display autocomplete installation instructions
+* [`symbol-bootstrap backup`](docs/backup.md) - The command backs up the Mongo and RocksDb data folder into a Zip file that can then be used by the `--backupSync` feature. Bootstrap compose services must be stopped before calling this command.
 * [`symbol-bootstrap clean`](docs/clean.md) - It removes the target folder deleting the generated configuration and data
 * [`symbol-bootstrap compose`](docs/compose.md) - It generates the `docker-compose.yml` file from the configured network.
 * [`symbol-bootstrap config`](docs/config.md) - Command used to set up the configuration files and the nemesis block for the current network
diff --git a/cmds/backup-full-dual.sh b/cmds/backup-full-dual.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f7173b9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmds/backup-full-dual.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+rm -rf testnet-backup
+mkdir -p testnet-backup
+cp -rf target/databases/db testnet-backup/mongo
+cp -rf target/nodes/api-node/data testnet-backup/data
+rm -rf testnet-backup/data/spool
+
+cd testnet-backup
+zip -r testnet-full-backup.zip *
+cd ..
+
+# push testnet-backup/testnet-full-backup.zip into S3
diff --git a/cmds/backup-full-sync-testnet-backup.sh b/cmds/backup-full-sync-testnet-backup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..be5714510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmds/backup-full-sync-testnet-backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+rm -rf backup-sync/testnet-backup
+mkdir -p backup-sync/testnet-backup
+cp -rf target/testnet-dual/databases/db backup-sync/testnet-backup/mongo
+cp -rf target/testnet-dual/nodes/api-node/data backup-sync/testnet-backup/data
+rm -rf backup-sync/testnet-backup/data/spool
+
+cd backup-sync/testnet-backup
+zip -r testnet-local-full-backup.zip *
+cd ../..
diff --git a/cmds/backup-minimal-sync-testnet-backup.sh b/cmds/backup-minimal-sync-testnet-backup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f7d535d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmds/backup-minimal-sync-testnet-backup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e -x
+rm -rf backup-sync/testnet-backup
+mkdir -p backup-sync/testnet-backup/data
+cp -rf target/testnet-dual/nodes/api-node/data/0* backup-sync/testnet-backup/data
+cp -rf target/testnet-dual/nodes/api-node/data/proof.index.dat backup-sync/testnet-backup/data
+cp -rf target/testnet-dual/nodes/api-node/data/index.dat backup-sync/testnet-backup/data
+rm -rf backup-sync/testnet-backup/data/spool
+touch backup-sync/testnet-backup/data/server.lock # force docker compose to run a recover
+
+cd backup-sync/testnet-backup
+zip -r testnet-local-minimal-backup.zip *
+cd ../..
diff --git a/cmds/backup-testnet-dual.sh b/cmds/backup-testnet-dual.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..16720dd6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmds/backup-testnet-dual.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+symbol-bootstrap backup -t target/testnet-dual --destinationFile ./backup-sync/testnet-local-backup.zip $1 $2 $3
diff --git a/cmds/start-testnet-dual.sh b/cmds/start-testnet-dual.sh
index c17256f62..03c4395b5 100755
--- a/cmds/start-testnet-dual.sh
+++ b/cmds/start-testnet-dual.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
-symbol-bootstrap start -p testnet -a dual -t target/testnet-dual $1 $2 $3
+#rm -rf target/testnet-dual/databases/db
+#mkdir -p target/testnet-dual/databases/db
+#rm -rf target/testnet-dual/nodes/api-node/data/recovery.lock
+#rm -rf target/testnet-dual/nodes/api-node/data/broker.started
+#rm -rf target/testnet-dual/nodes/api-node/logs
+#mkdir -p target/testnet-dual/nodes/api-node/logs
+#
+##rm -rf target/testnet-dual/nodes/api-node/data
+##cp target/data target/testnet-dual/nodes/api-node  -r
+#
+#rm -rf target/testnet-dual/nodes/api-node/data/state
+#rm -rf target/testnet-dual/nodes/api-node/data/statedb
+
+symbol-bootstrap start -p testnet -a dual -t target/testnet-dual -c  test/testnet-custom-preset.yml $1 $2 $3
diff --git a/cmds/start-testnet-voting.sh b/cmds/start-testnet-voting.sh
index 776a78d05..e08d46305 100755
--- a/cmds/start-testnet-voting.sh
+++ b/cmds/start-testnet-voting.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
-symbol-bootstrap start -p testnet -a dual -t target/testnet -c test/voting_preset.yml  $1
+symbol-bootstrap start -p testnet -a dual -t target/testnet -c test/voting_preset.yml  $1 $2 $3
diff --git a/config/docker/server/runServerRecover.sh.mustache b/config/docker/server/runServerRecover.sh.mustache
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c5196c18..000000000
--- a/config/docker/server/runServerRecover.sh.mustache
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-name=$1
-echo "RUNNING runServerRecover.sh $name"
-
-ulimit -c unlimited
-if [ -e "{{{dataDirectory}}}/broker.lock" ] || [ -e "{{{dataDirectory}}}/server.lock" ]; then
-  echo "!!!! Have lock file present, going to run recovery...."
-  exec env LD_LIBRARY_PATH={{{catapultAppFolder}}}/lib:{{{catapultAppFolder}}}/deps {{{catapultAppFolder}}}/bin/catapult.recovery ./userconfig
-  echo "!!!! Finished running recovery, should be moving on to start server..."
-else
-  echo "!!!! DO NOT HAVE ANY LOCK FILE... There is no need to recover"
-  exit 0;
-fi
-
diff --git a/config/docker/server/startBroker.sh.mustache b/config/docker/server/startBroker.sh.mustache
index 8d3317563..ec086cdc8 100644
--- a/config/docker/server/startBroker.sh.mustache
+++ b/config/docker/server/startBroker.sh.mustache
@@ -3,17 +3,37 @@ set -e
 
 name=$1
 mode=$2
+application="broker"
+config="./$application-config"
 
-echo "RUNNING startBroker.sh $name $mode"
+echo "RUNNING $application $name $mode"
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/catapult/lib:/usr/catapult/deps
 
 ulimit -c unlimited
 
 if [ "$mode" == "DEBUG" ]; then
   echo "Setting up core dump..."
   mkdir -p ./logs
-  echo './logs/broker.%e.%t' > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
+  echo "./logs/$application.%e.%t" >/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
 fi
 
-touch ./data/broker.started
+if [ -e "{{{dataDirectory}}}/$application-importer.run" ]; then
+  echo "!!!! Have Importer file present, going to run importer in $application mode...."
+  {{{catapultAppFolder}}}/bin/catapult.importer "$config"
+  echo "!!!! Finished running importer, should be moving on to start $application..."
+fi
+
+rm -rf "{{{dataDirectory}}}/$application-importer.run"
+
+if [ -e "{{{dataDirectory}}}/$application.lock" ]; then
+  echo "!!!! Have lock file present, going to run recovery in $application mode...."
+  {{{catapultAppFolder}}}/bin/catapult.recovery "$config"
+  echo "!!!! Finished running recovery, should be moving on to start $application..."
+fi
+
+rm -f "{{{dataDirectory}}}/$application.lock"
+rm -f "{{{dataDirectory}}}/recovery.lock"
+
+touch "{{{dataDirectory}}}/$application.started"
 
-exec env LD_LIBRARY_PATH={{{catapultAppFolder}}}/lib:{{{catapultAppFolder}}}/deps {{{catapultAppFolder}}}/bin/catapult.broker ./userconfig
+{{{catapultAppFolder}}}/bin/catapult.broker "$config"
diff --git a/config/docker/server/startServer.sh.mustache b/config/docker/server/startServer.sh.mustache
index d90ef5ca7..a46e0a87c 100644
--- a/config/docker/server/startServer.sh.mustache
+++ b/config/docker/server/startServer.sh.mustache
@@ -3,15 +3,37 @@ set -e
 
 name=$1
 mode=$2
+application="server"
+config="./$application-config"
 
-echo "RUNNING startServer.sh $name $mode"
+echo "RUNNING $application $name $mode"
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/catapult/lib:/usr/catapult/deps
 
 ulimit -c unlimited
 
 if [ "$mode" == "DEBUG" ]; then
   echo "Setting up core dump..."
   mkdir -p ./logs
-  echo './logs/server.%e.%t' >/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
+  echo "./logs/$application.%e.%t" >/proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
 fi
 
-exec env LD_LIBRARY_PATH={{{catapultAppFolder}}}/lib:{{{catapultAppFolder}}}/deps {{{catapultAppFolder}}}/bin/catapult.server ./userconfig
+if [ -e "{{{dataDirectory}}}/$application-importer.run" ]; then
+  echo "!!!! Have Importer file present, going to run importer in $application mode...."
+  {{{catapultAppFolder}}}/bin/catapult.importer "$config"
+  echo "!!!! Finished running importer, should be moving on to start $application..."
+fi
+
+rm -rf "{{{dataDirectory}}}/$application-importer.run"
+
+if [ -e "{{{dataDirectory}}}/$application.lock" ]; then
+  echo "!!!! Have lock file present, going to run recovery in $application mode...."
+  {{{catapultAppFolder}}}/bin/catapult.recovery "$config"
+  echo "!!!! Finished running recovery, should be moving on to start $application..."
+fi
+
+rm -f "{{{dataDirectory}}}/$application.lock"
+rm -f "{{{dataDirectory}}}/recovery.lock"
+
+touch "{{{dataDirectory}}}/$application.started"
+
+{{{catapultAppFolder}}}/bin/catapult.server "$config"
diff --git a/config/docker/server/waitWhile.sh b/config/docker/server/waitWhile.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5f38e87da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/docker/server/waitWhile.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+file=$1
+while [ -f $file ] ;
+do
+      sleep 0.5
+done
diff --git a/config/node/resources/config-extensions-recovery.properties.mustache b/config/node/resources/config-extensions-recovery.properties.mustache
index 0eca8c25c..f55be4d73 100644
--- a/config/node/resources/config-extensions-recovery.properties.mustache
+++ b/config/node/resources/config-extensions-recovery.properties.mustache
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 [extensions]
 
 # addressextraction must be first because mongo and zeromq depend on extracted addresses
-extension.addressextraction = {{addressextraction}}
-extension.mongo = {{mongo}}
-extension.zeromq = {{zeromq}}
+extension.addressextraction = {{addressextractionRecovery}}
+extension.mongo = {{mongoRecovery}}
+extension.zeromq = {{zeromqRecovery}}
 
-extension.hashcache = true
+extension.filespooling = {{filespoolingRecovery}}
+extension.hashcache = {{hashcacheRecovery}}
diff --git a/docs/backup.md b/docs/backup.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24bed0cb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/backup.md
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+`symbol-bootstrap backup`
+=========================
+
+The command backs up the Mongo and RocksDb data folder into a Zip file that can then be used by the `--backupSync` feature. Bootstrap compose services must be stopped before calling this command.
+
+Note: This command is designed for NGL to be used when running public main or public test networks. It's not backing up any node specific information.
+
+* [`symbol-bootstrap backup`](#symbol-bootstrap-backup)
+
+## `symbol-bootstrap backup`
+
+The command backs up the Mongo and RocksDb data folder into a Zip file that can then be used by the `--backupSync` feature. Bootstrap compose services must be stopped before calling this command.
+
+```
+USAGE
+  $ symbol-bootstrap backup
+
+OPTIONS
+  -h, --help                         It shows the help of this command.
+  -t, --target=target                [default: target] The target folder where the symbol-bootstrap network is generated
+
+  --destinationFile=destinationFile  The file location where the backup zip file will be created. Default destination is
+                                     target/backup.zip.
+
+  --[no-]fullBackup                  If the restore/backup to be performed is a full backup (RocksDB + Mongo) or partial
+                                     backup (RocksDB + Catapult's Importer)
+
+  --nodeName=nodeName                The dual/api node name to be used to backup the data. If not provided, the first
+                                     configured api/dual node would be used.
+
+DESCRIPTION
+  Note: This command is designed for NGL to be used when running public main or public test networks. It's not backing 
+  up any node specific information.
+
+EXAMPLE
+  $ symbol-bootstrap backup
+```
+
+_See code: [src/commands/backup.ts](https://github.com/nemtech/symbol-bootstrap/blob/v0.4.4/src/commands/backup.ts)_
diff --git a/docs/config.md b/docs/config.md
index 0136208c8..3c55da360 100644
--- a/docs/config.md
+++ b/docs/config.md
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ OPTIONS
   -u, --user=user                   [default: current] User used to run docker images when creating configuration files
                                     like certificates or nemesis block. "current" means the current user.
 
+  --backupSync                      It downloads a backup with the RocksDb and Mongo databases for faster
+                                    synchronization.
+
+                                    The location of the backup can be found and changed using the 'backupSyncLocation'
+                                    preset configuration. This configuration allows local files and remote URLs
+
+  --[no-]fullBackup                 If the restore/backup to be performed is a full backup (RocksDB + Mongo) or partial
+                                    backup (RocksDB + Catapult's Importer)
+
   --pullImages                      It pulls the utility images from DockerHub when running the configuration. It only
                                     affects alpha/dev docker images.
 
diff --git a/docs/start.md b/docs/start.md
index e2e323280..d0f865f67 100644
--- a/docs/start.md
+++ b/docs/start.md
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ OPTIONS
   --args=args
       Add extra arguments to the docker-compose up command. Check out https://docs.docker.com/compose/reference/up.
 
+  --backupSync
+      It downloads a backup with the RocksDb and Mongo databases for faster synchronization.
+
+      The location of the backup can be found and changed using the 'backupSyncLocation' preset configuration. This 
+      configuration allows local files and remote URLs
+
+  --[no-]fullBackup
+      If the restore/backup to be performed is a full backup (RocksDB + Mongo) or partial backup (RocksDB + Catapult's 
+      Importer)
+
   --healthCheck
       It checks if the services created with docker compose are up and running.
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8d79e7924..021ca57a8 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -547,6 +547,15 @@
                 "fancy-test": "^1.4.3"
             }
         },
+        "@types/archiver": {
+            "version": "5.1.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/archiver/-/archiver-5.1.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-baFOhanb/hxmcOd1Uey2TfFg43kTSmM6py1Eo7Rjbv/ivcl7PXLhY0QgXGf50Hx/eskGCFqPfhs/7IZLb15C5g==",
+            "dev": true,
+            "requires": {
+                "@types/glob": "*"
+            }
+        },
         "@types/chai": {
             "version": "4.2.12",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/chai/-/chai-4.2.12.tgz",
@@ -842,6 +851,80 @@
                 "default-require-extensions": "^2.0.0"
             }
         },
+        "archiver": {
+            "version": "5.2.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/archiver/-/archiver-5.2.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-QEAKlgQuAtUxKeZB9w5/ggKXh21bZS+dzzuQ0RPBC20qtDCbTyzqmisoeJP46MP39fg4B4IcyvR+yeyEBdblsQ==",
+            "requires": {
+                "archiver-utils": "^2.1.0",
+                "async": "^3.2.0",
+                "buffer-crc32": "^0.2.1",
+                "readable-stream": "^3.6.0",
+                "readdir-glob": "^1.0.0",
+                "tar-stream": "^2.1.4",
+                "zip-stream": "^4.0.4"
+            },
+            "dependencies": {
+                "tar-stream": {
+                    "version": "2.2.0",
+                    "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tar-stream/-/tar-stream-2.2.0.tgz",
+                    "integrity": "sha512-ujeqbceABgwMZxEJnk2HDY2DlnUZ+9oEcb1KzTVfYHio0UE6dG71n60d8D2I4qNvleWrrXpmjpt7vZeF1LnMZQ==",
+                    "requires": {
+                        "bl": "^4.0.3",
+                        "end-of-stream": "^1.4.1",
+                        "fs-constants": "^1.0.0",
+                        "inherits": "^2.0.3",
+                        "readable-stream": "^3.1.1"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        "archiver-utils": {
+            "version": "2.1.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/archiver-utils/-/archiver-utils-2.1.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-bEL/yUb/fNNiNTuUz979Z0Yg5L+LzLxGJz8x79lYmR54fmTIb6ob/hNQgkQnIUDWIFjZVQwl9Xs356I6BAMHfw==",
+            "requires": {
+                "glob": "^7.1.4",
+                "graceful-fs": "^4.2.0",
+                "lazystream": "^1.0.0",
+                "lodash.defaults": "^4.2.0",
+                "lodash.difference": "^4.5.0",
+                "lodash.flatten": "^4.4.0",
+                "lodash.isplainobject": "^4.0.6",
+                "lodash.union": "^4.6.0",
+                "normalize-path": "^3.0.0",
+                "readable-stream": "^2.0.0"
+            },
+            "dependencies": {
+                "readable-stream": {
+                    "version": "2.3.7",
+                    "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-2.3.7.tgz",
+                    "integrity": "sha512-Ebho8K4jIbHAxnuxi7o42OrZgF/ZTNcsZj6nRKyUmkhLFq8CHItp/fy6hQZuZmP/n3yZ9VBUbp4zz/mX8hmYPw==",
+                    "requires": {
+                        "core-util-is": "~1.0.0",
+                        "inherits": "~2.0.3",
+                        "isarray": "~1.0.0",
+                        "process-nextick-args": "~2.0.0",
+                        "safe-buffer": "~5.1.1",
+                        "string_decoder": "~1.1.1",
+                        "util-deprecate": "~1.0.1"
+                    }
+                },
+                "safe-buffer": {
+                    "version": "5.1.2",
+                    "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.2.tgz",
+                    "integrity": "sha512-Gd2UZBJDkXlY7GbJxfsE8/nvKkUEU1G38c1siN6QP6a9PT9MmHB8GnpscSmMJSoF8LOIrt8ud/wPtojys4G6+g=="
+                },
+                "string_decoder": {
+                    "version": "1.1.1",
+                    "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-1.1.1.tgz",
+                    "integrity": "sha512-n/ShnvDi6FHbbVfviro+WojiFzv+s8MPMHBczVePfUpDJLwoLT0ht1l4YwBCbi8pJAveEEdnkHyPyTP/mzRfwg==",
+                    "requires": {
+                        "safe-buffer": "~5.1.0"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        },
         "archy": {
             "version": "1.0.0",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/archy/-/archy-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -928,8 +1011,7 @@
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-            "dev": true
+            "integrity": "sha512-mLQ4i2QO1ytvGWFWmcngKO//JXAQueZvwEKtjgQFM4jIK0kU+ytMfplL8j+n5mspOfjHwoAg+9yhb7BwAHm36g=="
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@@ -950,7 +1032,6 @@
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-            "dev": true,
             "requires": {
                 "base64-js": "^1.0.2",
                 "ieee754": "^1.1.4"
             }
         },
+        "buffer-crc32": {
+            "version": "0.2.13",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer-crc32/-/buffer-crc32-0.2.13.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha1-DTM+PwDqxQqhRUq9MO+MKl2ackI="
+        },
         "buffer-from": {
             "version": "1.1.1",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer-from/-/buffer-from-1.1.1.tgz",
@@ -1425,6 +1510,17 @@
             "integrity": "sha1-3dgA2gxmEnOTzKWVDqloo6rxJTs=",
             "dev": true
         },
+        "compress-commons": {
+            "version": "4.0.2",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/compress-commons/-/compress-commons-4.0.2.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-qhd32a9xgzmpfoga1VQEiLEwdKZ6Plnpx5UCgIsf89FSolyJ7WnifY4Gtjgv5WR6hWAyRaHxC5MiEhU/38U70A==",
+            "requires": {
+                "buffer-crc32": "^0.2.13",
+                "crc32-stream": "^4.0.1",
+                "normalize-path": "^3.0.0",
+                "readable-stream": "^3.6.0"
+            }
+        },
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@@ -1496,6 +1592,24 @@
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+            "requires": {
+                "exit-on-epipe": "~1.0.1",
+                "printj": "~1.1.0"
+            }
+        },
+        "crc32-stream": {
+            "version": "4.0.1",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/crc32-stream/-/crc32-stream-4.0.1.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-FN5V+weeO/8JaXsamelVYO1PHyeCsuL3HcG4cqsj0ceARcocxalaShCsohZMSAF+db7UYFwBy1rARK/0oFItUw==",
+            "requires": {
+                "crc-32": "^1.2.0",
+                "readable-stream": "^3.4.0"
+            }
+        },
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-            "dev": true,
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                 "once": "^1.4.0"
             }
@@ -1971,6 +2084,11 @@
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+        "exit-on-epipe": {
+            "version": "1.0.1",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/exit-on-epipe/-/exit-on-epipe-1.0.1.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-h2z5mrROTxce56S+pnvAV890uu7ls7f1kEvVGJbw1OlFH3/mlJ5bkXu0KRyW94v37zzHPiUd55iLn3DA7TjWpw=="
+        },
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             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/extend/-/extend-3.0.2.tgz",
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-            "dev": true
+            "integrity": "sha512-y6OAwoSIf7FyjMIv94u+b5rdheZEjzR63GTyZJm5qh4Bi+2YgwLCcI/fPFZkL5PSixOt6ZNKm+w+Hfp/Bciwow=="
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-            "dev": true
+            "integrity": "sha512-4vf7I2LYV/HaWerSo3XmlMkp5eZ83i+/CDluXi/IGTs/O1sejBNhTtnxzmRZfvOUqj7lZjqHkeTvpgSFDlWZTg=="
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         },
+        "lazystream": {
+            "version": "1.0.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lazystream/-/lazystream-1.0.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha1-9plf4PggOS9hOWvolGJAe7dxaOQ=",
+            "requires": {
+                "readable-stream": "^2.0.5"
+            },
+            "dependencies": {
+                "readable-stream": {
+                    "version": "2.3.7",
+                    "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-2.3.7.tgz",
+                    "integrity": "sha512-Ebho8K4jIbHAxnuxi7o42OrZgF/ZTNcsZj6nRKyUmkhLFq8CHItp/fy6hQZuZmP/n3yZ9VBUbp4zz/mX8hmYPw==",
+                    "requires": {
+                        "core-util-is": "~1.0.0",
+                        "inherits": "~2.0.3",
+                        "isarray": "~1.0.0",
+                        "process-nextick-args": "~2.0.0",
+                        "safe-buffer": "~5.1.1",
+                        "string_decoder": "~1.1.1",
+                        "util-deprecate": "~1.0.1"
+                    }
+                },
+                "safe-buffer": {
+                    "version": "5.1.2",
+                    "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.2.tgz",
+                    "integrity": "sha512-Gd2UZBJDkXlY7GbJxfsE8/nvKkUEU1G38c1siN6QP6a9PT9MmHB8GnpscSmMJSoF8LOIrt8ud/wPtojys4G6+g=="
+                },
+                "string_decoder": {
+                    "version": "1.1.1",
+                    "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string_decoder/-/string_decoder-1.1.1.tgz",
+                    "integrity": "sha512-n/ShnvDi6FHbbVfviro+WojiFzv+s8MPMHBczVePfUpDJLwoLT0ht1l4YwBCbi8pJAveEEdnkHyPyTP/mzRfwg==",
+                    "requires": {
+                        "safe-buffer": "~5.1.0"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        },
         "lcov-parse": {
             "version": "1.0.0",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lcov-parse/-/lcov-parse-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -3014,12 +3167,32 @@
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             "integrity": "sha1-DM8tiRZq8Ds2Y8eWU4t1rG4RTZ0="
         },
+        "lodash.defaults": {
+            "version": "4.2.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.defaults/-/lodash.defaults-4.2.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha1-0JF4cW/+pN3p5ft7N/bwgCJ0WAw="
+        },
+        "lodash.difference": {
+            "version": "4.5.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.difference/-/lodash.difference-4.5.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha1-nMtOUF1Ia5FlE0V3KIWi3yf9AXw="
+        },
+        "lodash.flatten": {
+            "version": "4.4.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.flatten/-/lodash.flatten-4.4.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha1-8xwiIlqWMtK7+OSt2+8kCqdlph8="
+        },
         "lodash.flattendeep": {
             "version": "4.4.0",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.flattendeep/-/lodash.flattendeep-4.4.0.tgz",
             "integrity": "sha1-+wMJF/hqMTTlvJvsDWngAT3f7bI=",
             "dev": true
         },
+        "lodash.isplainobject": {
+            "version": "4.0.6",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.isplainobject/-/lodash.isplainobject-4.0.6.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha1-fFJqUtibRcRcxpC4gWO+BJf1UMs="
+        },
         "lodash.template": {
             "version": "4.5.0",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.template/-/lodash.template-4.5.0.tgz",
@@ -3037,6 +3210,11 @@
                 "lodash._reinterpolate": "^3.0.0"
             }
         },
+        "lodash.union": {
+            "version": "4.6.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.union/-/lodash.union-4.6.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha1-SLtQiECfFvGCFmZkHETdGqrjzYg="
+        },
         "log-driver": {
             "version": "1.2.7",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/log-driver/-/log-driver-1.2.7.tgz",
@@ -3374,6 +3552,11 @@
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         },
+        "node-stream-zip": {
+            "version": "1.12.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-stream-zip/-/node-stream-zip-1.12.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-HZ3XehqShTFj9gHauRJ3Bri9eiCTOII7/crtXzURtT14NdnOFs9Ia5E82W7z3izVBNx760tqwddxrBJVG52Y1Q=="
+        },
         "normalize-package-data": {
             "version": "2.5.0",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/normalize-package-data/-/normalize-package-data-2.5.0.tgz",
@@ -3386,6 +3569,11 @@
                 "validate-npm-package-license": "^3.0.1"
             }
         },
+        "normalize-path": {
+            "version": "3.0.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/normalize-path/-/normalize-path-3.0.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-6eZs5Ls3WtCisHWp9S2GUy8dqkpGi4BVSz3GaqiE6ezub0512ESztXUwUB6C6IKbQkY2Pnb/mD4WYojCRwcwLA=="
+        },
         "npm-run-path": {
             "version": "2.0.2",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/npm-run-path/-/npm-run-path-2.0.2.tgz",
@@ -3696,6 +3884,11 @@
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             "dev": true
         },
+        "printj": {
+            "version": "1.1.2",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/printj/-/printj-1.1.2.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-zA2SmoLaxZyArQTOPj5LXecR+RagfPSU5Kw1qP+jkWeNlrq+eJZyY2oS68SU1Z/7/myXM4lo9716laOFAVStCQ=="
+        },
         "process-nextick-args": {
             "version": "2.0.1",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/process-nextick-args/-/process-nextick-args-2.0.1.tgz",
@@ -3892,6 +4085,14 @@
                 "util-deprecate": "^1.0.1"
             }
         },
+        "readdir-glob": {
+            "version": "1.1.1",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/readdir-glob/-/readdir-glob-1.1.1.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-91/k1EzZwDx6HbERR+zucygRFfiPl2zkIYZtv3Jjr6Mn7SkKcVct8aVO+sSRiGMc6fLf72du3d92/uY63YPdEA==",
+            "requires": {
+                "minimatch": "^3.0.4"
+            }
+        },
         "rechoir": {
             "version": "0.6.2",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rechoir/-/rechoir-0.6.2.tgz",
@@ -5021,6 +5222,16 @@
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yn/-/yn-3.1.1.tgz",
             "integrity": "sha512-Ux4ygGWsu2c7isFWe8Yu1YluJmqVhxqK2cLXNQA5AcC3QfbGNpM7fu0Y8b/z16pXLnFxZYvWhd3fhBY9DLmC6Q==",
             "dev": true
+        },
+        "zip-stream": {
+            "version": "4.0.4",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/zip-stream/-/zip-stream-4.0.4.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-a65wQ3h5gcQ/nQGWV1mSZCEzCML6EK/vyVPcrPNynySP1j3VBbQKh3nhC8CbORb+jfl2vXvh56Ul5odP1bAHqw==",
+            "requires": {
+                "archiver-utils": "^2.1.0",
+                "compress-commons": "^4.0.2",
+                "readable-stream": "^3.6.0"
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 545a87fde..288f7ad2c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         "@oclif/config": "^1.16.0",
         "@oclif/plugin-autocomplete": "^0.3.0",
         "@oclif/plugin-help": "^3.1.0",
+        "archiver": "^5.2.0",
         "figlet": "^1.2.4",
         "handlebars": "^4.7.6",
         "inquirer": "^7.3.3",
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@
         "lodash": "^4.17.20",
         "memorystream": "^0.3.1",
         "node-forge": "^0.10.0",
+        "node-stream-zip": "^1.12.0",
         "rxjs": "^6.6.3",
         "shx": "^0.3.2",
         "sshpk": "^1.16.1",
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@
     "devDependencies": {
         "@oclif/dev-cli": "^1.22.2",
         "@oclif/test": "^1.2.6",
+        "@types/archiver": "^5.1.0",
         "@types/chai": "^4.2.12",
         "@types/figlet": "^1.2.0",
         "@types/handlebars": "^4.1.0",
diff --git a/presets/shared.yml b/presets/shared.yml
index 3c7f90743..7893cbcbd 100644
--- a/presets/shared.yml
+++ b/presets/shared.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ symbolWalletImage: symbolplatform/symbol-desktop-wallet:0.13.6
 symbolFaucetImage: symbolplatform/symbol-faucet:0.4.0
 symbolAgentImage: symbolplatform/symbol-node-rewards-agent:0.1.0
 mongoImage: mongo:4.4.3-bionic
-mongoComposeRunParam: --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2
+mongoComposeRunParam: --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2 --quiet
 logLevel: 'Info'
 # brokerLogLevel: 'Info'
 # recoveryLogLevel: 'Info'
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ logLevel: 'Info'
 transactionsDirectory: './transactions'
 binDirectory: ./seed
 seedDirectory: ./seed
-certificateDirectory: ./userconfig/resources/cert
+certificateDirectory: ./cert
 dataDirectory: ./data
-votingKeysDirectory: ./userconfig/votingkeys
+votingKeysDirectory: ./votingkeys
 enableDelegatedHarvestersAutoDetection: true
 catapultAppFolder: /usr/catapult
 
diff --git a/presets/testnet/network.yml b/presets/testnet/network.yml
index 06190e970..7900be962 100644
--- a/presets/testnet/network.yml
+++ b/presets/testnet/network.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ knownRestGateways:
     - 'http://api-01.us-east-1.testnet.symboldev.network:3000'
     - 'http://api-01.us-west-1.testnet.symboldev.network:3000'
 trustedHosts:
+backupSyncLocation: https://symbol-bootstrap.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/testnet/backup.zip
 inflation:
     starting-at-height-2: 95998521
     starting-at-height-200: 91882261
diff --git a/src/commands/backup.ts b/src/commands/backup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa115fa37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/backup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 NEM
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { Command, flags } from '@oclif/command';
+import { BootstrapService, BootstrapUtils } from '../service';
+
+export default class Backup extends Command {
+    static description = `The command backs up the Mongo and RocksDb data folder into a Zip file that can then be used by the \`--backupSync\` feature. Bootstrap compose services must be stopped before calling this command.
+
+Note: This command is designed for NGL to be used when running public main or public test networks. It's not backing up any node specific information.`;
+
+    static examples = [`$ symbol-bootstrap backup`];
+
+    static flags = {
+        help: BootstrapUtils.helpFlag,
+        target: BootstrapUtils.targetFlag,
+        nodeName: flags.string({
+            description: `The dual/api node name to be used to backup the data. If not provided, the first configured api/dual node would be used.`,
+        }),
+        fullBackup: BootstrapUtils.fullBackupFlag,
+        destinationFile: flags.string({
+            description: `The file location where the backup zip file will be created. Default destination is target/backup.zip.`,
+        }),
+    };
+
+    public async run(): Promise<void> {
+        const { flags } = this.parse(Backup);
+        BootstrapUtils.showBanner();
+        await new BootstrapService(this.config.root).backup(flags);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/commands/config.ts b/src/commands/config.ts
index b59898026..b5bcd71ba 100644
--- a/src/commands/config.ts
+++ b/src/commands/config.ts
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ export default class Config extends Command {
             default: ConfigService.defaultParams.report,
         }),
 
+        backupSync: flags.boolean({
+            description: `It downloads a backup with the RocksDb and Mongo databases for faster synchronization.
+
+The location of the backup can be found and changed using the 'backupSyncLocation' preset configuration. This configuration allows local files and remote URLs`,
+            default: ConfigService.defaultParams.backupSync,
+        }),
+
+        fullBackup: BootstrapUtils.fullBackupFlag,
+
         pullImages: flags.boolean({
             description:
                 'It pulls the utility images from DockerHub when running the configuration. It only affects alpha/dev docker images.',
diff --git a/src/model/ConfigPreset.ts b/src/model/ConfigPreset.ts
index 782a447af..cbddf3ccc 100644
--- a/src/model/ConfigPreset.ts
+++ b/src/model/ConfigPreset.ts
@@ -188,4 +188,6 @@ export interface ConfigPreset {
     votingKeyEndEpoch: number;
     rewardProgramControllerPublicKey?: string;
     votingKeyLinkV2: number | undefined;
+    backupSyncLocation?: string;
+    backupSyncLocalCacheFileName?: string;
 }
diff --git a/src/service/BackupSyncService.ts b/src/service/BackupSyncService.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5496bf8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/service/BackupSyncService.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 NEM
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import * as archiver from 'archiver';
+import { EntryDataFunction } from 'archiver';
+import { createWriteStream } from 'fs';
+import * as StreamZip from 'node-stream-zip';
+import { join } from 'path';
+import { LogType } from '../logger';
+import Logger from '../logger/Logger';
+import LoggerFactory from '../logger/LoggerFactory';
+import { ConfigPreset, DatabasePreset, NodePreset } from '../model';
+import { BootstrapUtils, KnownError } from './BootstrapUtils';
+import { ConfigLoader } from './ConfigLoader';
+
+export type BackupSyncParams = {
+    readonly target: string;
+    readonly nodeName?: string;
+    readonly fullBackup?: boolean;
+    readonly destinationFile?: string;
+};
+
+const logger: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LogType.System);
+
+export class BackupSyncService {
+    public static defaultParams: BackupSyncParams = {
+        fullBackup: true,
+        target: BootstrapUtils.defaultTargetFolder,
+    };
+
+    constructor(private readonly root: string, protected readonly params: BackupSyncParams) {}
+
+    public async run(presetData: ConfigPreset): Promise<void> {
+        if (!presetData.backupSyncLocation) {
+            throw new Error(`Backup Sync cannot be executed. backupSyncLocation has not been defined.`);
+        }
+        await BootstrapUtils.mkdir(join(this.root, 'backup-sync'));
+        const downloadLocation = join(
+            this.root,
+            'backup-sync',
+            presetData.backupSyncLocalCacheFileName || `backup-${presetData.nemesisGenerationHashSeed}.zip`,
+        );
+        const fileLocation = (await BootstrapUtils.download(presetData.backupSyncLocation, downloadLocation)).fileLocation;
+        logger.info(`Restoring data from zip backup '${fileLocation}'`);
+        if (this.params.fullBackup)
+            await Promise.all(
+                (presetData.databases || []).map(async (db) => {
+                    const destinationFolder = BootstrapUtils.getTargetDatabasesFolder(this.params.target, false, db.name);
+                    await BootstrapUtils.mkdir(destinationFolder);
+                    await this.unzip(fileLocation, 'mongo', destinationFolder);
+                }),
+            );
+        await Promise.all(
+            (presetData.nodes || []).map(async (node) => {
+                const destinationFolder = BootstrapUtils.getTargetNodesFolder(this.params.target, false, node.name, 'data');
+
+                await BootstrapUtils.mkdir(destinationFolder);
+                await this.unzip(fileLocation, 'data', destinationFolder);
+                if (!this.params.fullBackup) {
+                    if (node.brokerName) await BootstrapUtils.writeTextFile(join(destinationFolder, 'broker-importer.run'), '');
+                    else await BootstrapUtils.writeTextFile(join(destinationFolder, 'server-importer.run'), '');
+                    await BootstrapUtils.deleteFolder(join(destinationFolder, 'state'));
+                    await BootstrapUtils.deleteFolder(join(destinationFolder, 'statedb'));
+                }
+            }),
+        );
+        logger.info(
+            `Zip backup '${fileLocation}' has been restored. HINT: You can remove this file if you want to reclaim the disk space for future use.`,
+        );
+    }
+
+    private unzip(globalDestination: string, innerFolder: string, targetFolder: string): Promise<void> {
+        const zip = new StreamZip({
+            file: globalDestination,
+            storeEntries: true,
+        });
+        logger.info(`Unzipping Backup Sync's '${innerFolder}' into '${targetFolder}'. This could take a while!`);
+        let totalFiles = 0;
+        let process = 0;
+        return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+            zip.on('entry', (entry) => {
+                if (!entry.isDirectory && totalFiles) {
+                    process++;
+                    const percentage = ((process * 100) / totalFiles).toFixed(2);
+                    const message = `${percentage}% | ${process} files unzipped out of ${totalFiles}`;
+                    BootstrapUtils.logSameLineMessage(message);
+                }
+                if (BootstrapUtils.stopProcess) {
+                    zip.close();
+                    reject(new Error('Process cancelled!'));
+                }
+            });
+            zip.on('ready', () => {
+                totalFiles = zip.entriesCount;
+                zip.extract(innerFolder, targetFolder, (err) => {
+                    zip.close();
+                    if (err) {
+                        reject(err);
+                    } else {
+                        logger.info(`Unzipped '${targetFolder}' created`);
+                        resolve();
+                    }
+                });
+            });
+        });
+    }
+
+    private zip(destination: string, node: NodePreset, database: DatabasePreset): Promise<void> {
+        // create a file to stream archive data to.
+        const output = createWriteStream(destination);
+        const archive = archiver('zip', {
+            zlib: { level: 9 }, // Sets the compression level.
+        });
+        logger.info(`Creating zip file ${destination}. This could take a while!`);
+        return new Promise<void>(async (resolve, reject) => {
+            // listen for all archive data to be written
+            // 'close' event is fired only when a file descriptor is involved
+            output.on('close', () => {
+                console.log('');
+                logger.info(
+                    `Zip file ${destination} size ${Math.floor(
+                        archive.pointer() / 1024,
+                    )} MB has been created. You can now share it for --backupSync.`,
+                );
+                resolve();
+            });
+
+            // This event is fired when the data source is drained no matter what was the data source.
+            // It is not part of this library but rather from the NodeJS Stream API.
+            // @see: https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_event_end
+            output.on('end', () => {
+                console.log('');
+                logger.warn('Data has been drained');
+            });
+
+            // good practice to catch warnings (ie stat failures and other non-blocking errors)
+            archive.on('warning', (err: any) => {
+                console.log('');
+                if (err.code === 'ENOENT') {
+                    // log warning
+                    logger.warn(`There has been an warning creating ZIP file '${destination}' ${err.message || err}`);
+                } else {
+                    // throw error
+                    logger.error(`There has been an error creating ZIP file '${destination}' ${err.message || err}`);
+                    reject(err);
+                }
+            });
+
+            // good practice to catch this error explicitly
+            archive.on('error', function (err: any) {
+                logger.error(`There has been an error creating ZIP file '${destination}' ${err.message || err}`);
+                reject(err);
+            });
+
+            // pipe archive data to the file
+            archive.pipe(output);
+
+            const filter: (totalFiles: number, ignoreFiles: string[], ignoreDirectories: string[]) => EntryDataFunction = (
+                totalFiles: number,
+                ignoreFiles: string[],
+                ignoreDirectories: string[],
+            ) => {
+                return (entry) => {
+                    if (ignoreFiles.indexOf(entry.name) > -1) {
+                        console.log(`\nExcluding file '${entry.name}'`);
+                        return false;
+                    }
+
+                    const ignoreEntryDirectory = ignoreDirectories.find((d) => entry.name.startsWith(d));
+                    if (ignoreEntryDirectory) {
+                        if (entry.name === ignoreEntryDirectory) console.log(`\nExcluding directory '${entry.name}'`);
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    return entry;
+                };
+            };
+
+            if (this.params.fullBackup) {
+                const mongoFolder = BootstrapUtils.getTargetDatabasesFolder(this.params.target, false, database.name);
+                const mongoTotalFiles = BootstrapUtils.getFilesRecursively(mongoFolder).length;
+                logger.info(`Adding '${mongoFolder}' to zip file ${destination}`);
+                archive.directory(mongoFolder, 'mongo', filter(mongoTotalFiles, [], []));
+            }
+            const dataFolder = BootstrapUtils.getTargetNodesFolder(this.params.target, false, `${node.name}/`, 'data');
+            const dataTotalFiles = BootstrapUtils.getFilesRecursively(dataFolder).length;
+            logger.info(`Adding '${dataFolder}' to zip file ${destination}`);
+            const ignoreDataFiles = [
+                'server.lock',
+                'server.started',
+                'server-importer.run',
+                'broker.lock',
+                'broker.started',
+                'broker-importer.run',
+                'recovery.lock',
+            ];
+            const ignoreDataDirectories = ['spool', ...(this.params.fullBackup ? [] : ['state', 'statedb'])];
+            archive.directory(dataFolder, 'data', filter(dataTotalFiles, ignoreDataFiles, ignoreDataDirectories));
+            archive.on('progress', (progress) => {
+                const message = `${progress.entries.processed} entries zipped!`;
+                BootstrapUtils.logSameLineMessage(message);
+            });
+            await archive.finalize();
+        });
+    }
+
+    public async createBackup(passedPresetData?: ConfigPreset): Promise<void> {
+        const configLoader = new ConfigLoader();
+        const presetData = passedPresetData ?? configLoader.loadExistingPresetData(this.params.target, false);
+
+        const node = presetData.nodes?.find((node) => (!this.params.nodeName || node.name == this.params.nodeName) && node.api);
+        if (!node && this.params.nodeName) {
+            throw new KnownError(`Api/Dual node with name '${this.params.nodeName}' has not been configured in this instance!`);
+        }
+        if (!node) {
+            throw new KnownError(`Api/Dual has not been configured in this instance!`);
+        }
+        const database = presetData.databases?.find((db) => db.name == node.databaseHost || db.host == node.databaseHost);
+        if (!database) {
+            throw new KnownError(`Database with name/host '${node.databaseHost}' does not exist!`);
+        }
+        const destination = this.params.destinationFile || join(this.params.target, 'backup.zip');
+        BootstrapUtils.deleteFile(destination);
+        await this.zip(destination, node, database);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/service/BootstrapService.ts b/src/service/BootstrapService.ts
index 3fc4149f8..a962eaae1 100644
--- a/src/service/BootstrapService.ts
+++ b/src/service/BootstrapService.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 import { Addresses, ConfigPreset } from '../model';
 import { DockerCompose } from '../model/DockerCompose';
+import { BackupSyncParams, BackupSyncService } from './BackupSyncService';
 import { ComposeParams, ComposeService } from './ComposeService';
 import { ConfigParams, ConfigResult, ConfigService } from './ConfigService';
 import { LinkParams, LinkService } from './LinkService';
@@ -57,6 +58,18 @@ export class BootstrapService {
         return new ComposeService(this.root, config).run(passedPresetData, passedAddresses);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * It creates a zip backup with the node's data and mongo database folders ready for backupSync.
+     *
+     * Docker Compose must not be running when executing this operation.
+     *
+     * @param config the params of the compose command.
+     * @param passedPresetData the created preset if you know it, otherwise will load the latest one resolved from the target folder.
+     */
+    public backup(config: BackupSyncParams = BackupSyncService.defaultParams, passedPresetData?: ConfigPreset): Promise<void> {
+        return new BackupSyncService(this.root, config).createBackup(passedPresetData);
+    }
+
     /**
      * It calls a running server announcing all the node transactions like VRF and Voting.
      *
diff --git a/src/service/BootstrapUtils.ts b/src/service/BootstrapUtils.ts
index 9c030784b..8163632c1 100644
--- a/src/service/BootstrapUtils.ts
+++ b/src/service/BootstrapUtils.ts
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ export class BootstrapUtils {
     public static readonly CURRENT_USER = 'current';
     private static readonly pulledImages: string[] = [];
 
-    public static readonly VERSION = version;
-
     public static stopProcess = false;
 
+    public static readonly VERSION = version;
+
     public static helpFlag = flags.help({ char: 'h', description: 'It shows the help of this command.' });
 
     public static targetFlag = flags.string({
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ export class BootstrapUtils {
         hidden: true,
     });
 
+    public static fullBackupFlag = flags.boolean({
+        description: `If the restore/backup to be performed is a full backup (RocksDB + Mongo) or partial backup (RocksDB + Catapult's Importer)`,
+        default: false,
+        allowNo: true,
+    });
+
     private static onProcessListener = (() => {
         process.on('SIGINT', () => {
             BootstrapUtils.stopProcess = true;
@@ -238,7 +244,7 @@ export class BootstrapUtils {
     }
 
     public static showBanner(): void {
-        console.log(textSync('symbol-bootstrap', { horizontalLayout: 'full' }));
+        console.log(textSync('symbol-bootstrap', { horizontalLayout: 'fitted' }));
     }
 
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types
diff --git a/src/service/CertificateService.ts b/src/service/CertificateService.ts
index f2d0520ad..096135449 100644
--- a/src/service/CertificateService.ts
+++ b/src/service/CertificateService.ts
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ export class CertificateService {
         customCertFolder?: string,
     ): Promise<void> {
         const copyFrom = `${this.root}/config/cert`;
-        const certFolder =
-            customCertFolder || BootstrapUtils.getTargetNodesFolder(this.params.target, false, name, 'userconfig', 'resources', 'cert');
+        const certFolder = customCertFolder || BootstrapUtils.getTargetNodesFolder(this.params.target, false, name, 'cert');
         await BootstrapUtils.mkdir(certFolder);
         const newCertsFolder = join(certFolder, 'new_certs');
         await BootstrapUtils.mkdir(newCertsFolder);
diff --git a/src/service/ComposeService.ts b/src/service/ComposeService.ts
index 15c97b119..f9252df1b 100644
--- a/src/service/ComposeService.ts
+++ b/src/service/ComposeService.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export type ComposeParams = { target: string; user?: string; upgrade?: boolean;
 const logger: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LogType.System);
 
 const targetNodesFolder = BootstrapUtils.targetNodesFolder;
+const targetNemesisFolder = BootstrapUtils.targetNemesisFolder;
 const targetDatabasesFolder = BootstrapUtils.targetDatabasesFolder;
 const targetGatewaysFolder = BootstrapUtils.targetGatewaysFolder;
 const targetExplorersFolder = BootstrapUtils.targetExplorersFolder;
@@ -197,16 +198,14 @@ export class ComposeService {
                     const serverDebugMode = presetData.dockerComposeDebugMode || n.dockerComposeDebugMode ? debugFlag : '';
                     const brokerDebugMode = presetData.dockerComposeDebugMode || n.brokerDockerComposeDebugMode ? debugFlag : '';
                     const waitForBroker = `/bin/bash ${nodeCommandsDirectory}/wait.sh ./data/broker.started`;
-                    const recoverServerCommand = `/bin/bash ${nodeCommandsDirectory}/runServerRecover.sh ${n.name}`;
                     const serverCommand = `/bin/bash ${nodeCommandsDirectory}/startServer.sh ${n.name}${serverDebugMode}`;
                     const brokerCommand = `/bin/bash ${nodeCommandsDirectory}/startBroker.sh ${n.brokerName || 'broker'}${brokerDebugMode}`;
-                    const recoverBrokerCommand = `/bin/bash ${nodeCommandsDirectory}/runServerRecover.sh ${n.brokerName || ''}`;
                     const portConfigurations = [{ internalPort: 7900, openPort: n.openPort }];
 
-                    const serverServiceCommands = n.brokerName ? [waitForBroker, serverCommand] : [recoverServerCommand, serverCommand];
+                    const serverServiceCommands = n.brokerName ? [waitForBroker, serverCommand] : [serverCommand];
 
                     const serverServiceCommand = `bash -c "${serverServiceCommands.join(' && ')}"`;
-                    const brokerServiceCommand = `bash -c "${[recoverBrokerCommand, brokerCommand].join(' && ')}"`;
+                    const brokerServiceCommand = `bash -c "${[brokerCommand].join(' && ')}"`;
 
                     const serverDependsOn: string[] = [];
                     const brokerDependsOn: string[] = [];
@@ -218,10 +217,10 @@ export class ComposeService {
                     if (n.brokerName) {
                         serverDependsOn.push(n.brokerName);
                     }
-
                     const volumes = [
                         vol(`../${targetNodesFolder}/${n.name}`, nodeWorkingDirectory, false),
                         vol(`./server`, nodeCommandsDirectory, true),
+                        vol(`../${targetNemesisFolder}/seed`, '/seed', true),
                     ];
                     const nodeService = await resolveService(n, {
                         user: serverDebugMode === debugFlag ? undefined : user, // if debug on, run as root
diff --git a/src/service/ConfigService.ts b/src/service/ConfigService.ts
index df71de970..613cdc004 100644
--- a/src/service/ConfigService.ts
+++ b/src/service/ConfigService.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import Logger from '../logger/Logger';
 import LoggerFactory from '../logger/LoggerFactory';
 import { Addresses, ConfigPreset, NodeAccount, NodePreset, NodeType } from '../model';
 import { AgentCertificateService } from './AgentCertificateService';
+import { BackupSyncService } from './BackupSyncService';
 import { BootstrapUtils, KnownError } from './BootstrapUtils';
 import { CertificateService } from './CertificateService';
 import { ConfigLoader } from './ConfigLoader';
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ export interface ConfigParams {
     target: string;
     password?: string;
     user: string;
+    backupSync?: boolean;
+    fullBackup?: boolean;
     pullImages?: boolean;
     assembly?: string;
     customPreset?: string;
@@ -73,12 +76,14 @@ const logger: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LogType.System);
 
 export class ConfigService {
     public static defaultParams: ConfigParams = {
+        ...BackupSyncService.defaultParams,
         target: BootstrapUtils.defaultTargetFolder,
         report: false,
         preset: Preset.bootstrap,
         reset: false,
         upgrade: false,
         pullImages: false,
+        backupSync: false,
         user: BootstrapUtils.CURRENT_USER,
     };
     private readonly configLoader: ConfigLoader;
@@ -250,7 +255,8 @@ export class ConfigService {
         const copyFrom = join(this.root, 'config', 'node');
         const name = account.name;
 
-        const outputFolder = BootstrapUtils.getTargetNodesFolder(this.params.target, false, name, 'userconfig');
+        const serverConfig = BootstrapUtils.getTargetNodesFolder(this.params.target, false, name, 'server-config');
+        const brokerConfig = BootstrapUtils.getTargetNodesFolder(this.params.target, false, name, 'broker-config');
         const nodePreset = (presetData.nodes || [])[index];
 
         const generatedContext = {
@@ -292,11 +298,28 @@ export class ConfigService {
             await BootstrapUtils.generateConfiguration(templateContext, copyFrom, agentConfig, []);
         }
 
-        await BootstrapUtils.generateConfiguration(templateContext, copyFrom, outputFolder, excludeFiles);
+        const serverRecoveryConfig = {
+            addressextractionRecovery: false,
+            mongoRecovery: false,
+            zeromqRecovery: false,
+            filespoolingRecovery: true,
+            hashcacheRecovery: true,
+        };
+
+        const brokerRecoveryConfig = {
+            addressextractionRecovery: true,
+            mongoRecovery: true,
+            zeromqRecovery: true,
+            filespoolingRecovery: false,
+            hashcacheRecovery: true,
+        };
+
+        logger.info('Generating server configuration');
+        await BootstrapUtils.generateConfiguration({ ...serverRecoveryConfig, ...templateContext }, copyFrom, serverConfig, excludeFiles);
         await this.generateP2PFile(
             presetData,
             addresses,
-            outputFolder,
+            serverConfig,
             NodeType.PEER_NODE,
             (nodePresetData) => nodePresetData.harvesting,
             'peers-p2p.json',
@@ -304,11 +327,38 @@ export class ConfigService {
         await this.generateP2PFile(
             presetData,
             addresses,
-            outputFolder,
+            serverConfig,
             NodeType.API_NODE,
             (nodePresetData) => nodePresetData.api,
             'peers-api.json',
         );
+
+        if (nodePreset.brokerName) {
+            logger.info('Generating broker configuration');
+            await BootstrapUtils.generateConfiguration(
+                { ...brokerRecoveryConfig, ...templateContext },
+                copyFrom,
+                brokerConfig,
+                excludeFiles,
+            );
+            await this.generateP2PFile(
+                presetData,
+                addresses,
+                brokerConfig,
+                NodeType.PEER_NODE,
+                (nodePresetData) => nodePresetData.harvesting,
+                'peers-p2p.json',
+            );
+            await this.generateP2PFile(
+                presetData,
+                addresses,
+                brokerConfig,
+                NodeType.API_NODE,
+                (nodePresetData) => nodePresetData.api,
+                'peers-api.json',
+            );
+        }
+
         await new VotingService(this.params).run(presetData, account, nodePreset);
     }
 
@@ -356,7 +406,7 @@ export class ConfigService {
         const transactionsDirectory = join(nemesisWorkingDir, presetData.nemesis.transactionsDirectory || presetData.transactionsDirectory);
         await BootstrapUtils.mkdir(transactionsDirectory);
         const copyFrom = join(this.root, `config`, `nemesis`);
-        const moveTo = join(nemesisWorkingDir, `userconfig`);
+        const moveTo = join(nemesisWorkingDir, `server-config`);
         const templateContext = { ...(presetData as any), addresses };
         await Promise.all(
             (addresses.nodes || []).filter((n) => n.vrf).map((n) => this.createVrfTransaction(transactionsDirectory, presetData, n)),
@@ -522,15 +572,23 @@ export class ConfigService {
                     this.params.target,
                     false,
                     gatewayPreset.apiNodeName,
-                    'userconfig',
+                    'server-config',
                     'resources',
                 );
+                const apiNodeCertFolder = BootstrapUtils.getTargetNodesFolder(this.params.target, false, gatewayPreset.apiNodeName, 'cert');
                 await BootstrapUtils.generateConfiguration(
                     {},
                     apiNodeConfigFolder,
                     join(moveTo, 'api-node-config'),
                     [],
-                    ['node.crt.pem', 'node.key.pem', 'ca.cert.pem', 'config-network.properties', 'config-node.properties'],
+                    ['config-network.properties', 'config-node.properties'],
+                );
+                await BootstrapUtils.generateConfiguration(
+                    {},
+                    apiNodeCertFolder,
+                    join(moveTo, 'api-node-config', 'cert'),
+                    [],
+                    ['node.crt.pem', 'node.key.pem', 'ca.cert.pem'],
                 );
             }),
         );
@@ -589,8 +647,15 @@ export class ConfigService {
     private cleanUpConfiguration(presetData: ConfigPreset) {
         const target = this.params.target;
         (presetData.nodes || []).forEach(({ name }) => {
-            const configFolder = BootstrapUtils.getTargetNodesFolder(target, false, name, 'userconfig');
-            BootstrapUtils.deleteFolder(configFolder);
+            const serverConfigFolder = BootstrapUtils.getTargetNodesFolder(target, false, name, 'server-config');
+            BootstrapUtils.deleteFolder(serverConfigFolder);
+
+            const brokerConfigFolder = BootstrapUtils.getTargetNodesFolder(target, false, name, 'broker-config');
+            BootstrapUtils.deleteFolder(brokerConfigFolder);
+
+            const certConfigFolder = BootstrapUtils.getTargetNodesFolder(target, false, name, 'cert');
+            BootstrapUtils.deleteFolder(certConfigFolder);
+
             const seedFolder = BootstrapUtils.getTargetNodesFolder(target, false, name, 'seed');
             BootstrapUtils.deleteFolder(seedFolder);
         });
diff --git a/src/service/NemgenService.ts b/src/service/NemgenService.ts
index 94e054685..becaef8d5 100644
--- a/src/service/NemgenService.ts
+++ b/src/service/NemgenService.ts
@@ -44,18 +44,18 @@ export class NemgenService {
         await BootstrapUtils.mkdir(nemesisSeedFolder);
         await promises.copyFile(join(this.root, `config`, `hashes.dat`), join(nemesisSeedFolder, `hashes.dat`));
         const name = presetData.nodes[0].name;
-        const userConfigWorkingDir = BootstrapUtils.getTargetNodesFolder(target, true, name, 'userconfig');
+        const serverConfigWorkingDir = BootstrapUtils.getTargetNodesFolder(target, true, name, 'server-config');
 
         BootstrapUtils.validateFolder(nemesisWorkingDir);
-        BootstrapUtils.validateFolder(userConfigWorkingDir);
+        BootstrapUtils.validateFolder(serverConfigWorkingDir);
 
         const cmd = [
             `${presetData.catapultAppFolder}/bin/catapult.tools.nemgen`,
-            '--resources=/userconfig',
-            '--nemesisProperties=./userconfig/block-properties-file.properties',
+            '--resources=/server-config',
+            '--nemesisProperties=./server-config/block-properties-file.properties',
         ];
 
-        const binds = [`${userConfigWorkingDir}:/userconfig`, `${nemesisWorkingDir}:/nemesis`];
+        const binds = [`${serverConfigWorkingDir}:/server-config`, `${nemesisWorkingDir}:/nemesis`];
 
         const userId = await BootstrapUtils.resolveDockerUserFromParam(this.params.user);
         const { stdout, stderr } = await BootstrapUtils.runImageUsingExec({
diff --git a/src/service/ReportService.ts b/src/service/ReportService.ts
index 25ab2448c..7e612c9c7 100644
--- a/src/service/ReportService.ts
+++ b/src/service/ReportService.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export class ReportService {
         const target = join(workingDir, this.params.target);
         const descriptions = await BootstrapUtils.loadYaml(join(this.root, 'presets', 'descriptions.yml'), false);
         const promises: Promise<ReportNode>[] = (presetData.nodes || []).map(async (n) => {
-            const resourcesFolder = join(BootstrapUtils.getTargetNodesFolder(target, false, n.name), 'userconfig', 'resources');
+            const resourcesFolder = join(BootstrapUtils.getTargetNodesFolder(target, false, n.name), 'server-config', 'resources');
             const files = await fsPromises.readdir(resourcesFolder);
             const reportFiles = files
                 .filter((fileName) => fileName.indexOf('.properties') > -1)
diff --git a/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap-custom-compose.yml b/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap-custom-compose.yml
index 46f20bd9a..6e4e050a2 100644
--- a/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap-custom-compose.yml
+++ b/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap-custom-compose.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ services:
             MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: catapult
         container_name: db-0
         image: 'mongo:4.4.3-bionic'
-        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db-0 --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2
+        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db-0 --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2 --quiet
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
         ports:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ services:
         user: '1000:1000'
         container_name: peer-node-0
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
-        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh peer-node-0 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-0"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-0"
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
         restart: 'on-failure:2'
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/peer-node-0:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         cpu_count: 4
         shm_size: 64M
         deploy:
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ services:
         user: '1000:1000'
         container_name: peer-node-1
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
-        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh peer-node-1 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-1"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-1"
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
         restart: 'on-failure:2'
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/peer-node-1:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         cpu_count: 4
         shm_size: 64M
         deploy:
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node-0:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db-0
             - api-node-broker-0
@@ -92,9 +95,7 @@ services:
         container_name: api-node-broker-0
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
-        command: >-
-            bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh api-node-broker-0 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh
-            api-node-broker-0"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh api-node-broker-0"
         ports:
             - '8002:7902'
         stop_signal: SIGINT
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node-0:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db-0
     rest-gateway-0:
diff --git a/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap-custom.yml b/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap-custom.yml
index b8af2b011..f9e32beb2 100644
--- a/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap-custom.yml
+++ b/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap-custom.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ services:
             MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: catapult
         container_name: db-0
         image: 'mongo:4.4.3-bionic'
-        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db-0 --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2
+        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db-0 --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2 --quiet
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
         ports:
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ services:
     peer-node-0:
         container_name: peer-node-0
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
-        command: >-
-            bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh peer-node-0 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-0
-            DEBUG"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-0 DEBUG"
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
         restart: 'on-failure:2'
@@ -28,6 +26,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/peer-node-0:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         security_opt:
             - 'seccomp:unconfined'
         cap_add:
@@ -41,9 +40,7 @@ services:
     peer-node-1:
         container_name: peer-node-1
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
-        command: >-
-            bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh peer-node-1 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-1
-            DEBUG"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-1 DEBUG"
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
         restart: 'on-failure:2'
@@ -52,6 +49,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/peer-node-1:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         security_opt:
             - 'seccomp:unconfined'
         cap_add:
@@ -72,6 +70,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node-0:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db-0
             - api-node-broker-0
@@ -89,9 +88,7 @@ services:
         container_name: api-node-broker-0
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
-        command: >-
-            bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh api-node-broker-0 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh
-            api-node-broker-0 DEBUG"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh api-node-broker-0 DEBUG"
         ports:
             - '8002:7902'
         stop_signal: SIGINT
@@ -99,6 +96,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node-0:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db-0
         security_opt:
diff --git a/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap-full.yml b/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap-full.yml
index 8f1b39979..8743072d8 100644
--- a/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap-full.yml
+++ b/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap-full.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ services:
             MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: catapult
         container_name: db-0
         image: 'mongo:4.4.3-bionic'
-        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db-0 --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2
+        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db-0 --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2 --quiet
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
         ports:
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ services:
     peer-node-0:
         container_name: peer-node-0
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
-        command: >-
-            bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh peer-node-0 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-0
-            DEBUG"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-0 DEBUG"
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
         restart: 'on-failure:2'
@@ -33,6 +31,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/peer-node-0:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         security_opt:
             - 'seccomp:unconfined'
         cap_add:
@@ -46,9 +45,7 @@ services:
     peer-node-1:
         container_name: peer-node-1
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
-        command: >-
-            bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh peer-node-1 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-1
-            DEBUG"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-1 DEBUG"
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
         restart: 'on-failure:2'
@@ -57,6 +54,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/peer-node-1:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         security_opt:
             - 'seccomp:unconfined'
         cap_add:
@@ -77,6 +75,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node-0:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db-0
             - api-node-broker-0
@@ -94,9 +93,7 @@ services:
         container_name: api-node-broker-0
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
-        command: >-
-            bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh api-node-broker-0 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh
-            api-node-broker-0 DEBUG"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh api-node-broker-0 DEBUG"
         ports:
             - '8002:7902'
         stop_signal: SIGINT
@@ -104,6 +101,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node-0:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db-0
         security_opt:
diff --git a/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap-repeat.yml b/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap-repeat.yml
index f3b24d713..a305a756a 100644
--- a/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap-repeat.yml
+++ b/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap-repeat.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ services:
             MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: catapult
         container_name: db-0
         image: 'mongo:4.4.3-bionic'
-        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db-0 --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2
+        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db-0 --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2 --quiet
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
         ports:
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ services:
             MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: catapult
         container_name: db-1
         image: 'mongo:4.4.3-bionic'
-        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db-1 --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2
+        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db-1 --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2 --quiet
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
         ports:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ services:
             MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: catapult
         container_name: db-2
         image: 'mongo:4.4.3-bionic'
-        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db-2 --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2
+        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db-2 --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2 --quiet
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
         ports:
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ services:
             MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: catapult
         container_name: db-3
         image: 'mongo:4.4.3-bionic'
-        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db-3 --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2
+        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db-3 --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2 --quiet
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
         ports:
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ services:
         user: '1000:1000'
         container_name: peer-node-0
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
-        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh peer-node-0 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-0"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-0"
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
         restart: 'on-failure:2'
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/peer-node-0:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         networks:
             default:
                 aliases:
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ services:
         user: '1000:1000'
         container_name: peer-node-1
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
-        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh peer-node-1 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-1"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-1"
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
         restart: 'on-failure:2'
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/peer-node-1:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         networks:
             default:
                 aliases:
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ services:
         user: '1000:1000'
         container_name: peer-node-2
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
-        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh peer-node-2 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-2"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-2"
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
         restart: 'on-failure:2'
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/peer-node-2:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         networks:
             default:
                 aliases:
@@ -121,6 +124,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node-0:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db-0
             - api-node-broker-0
@@ -140,6 +144,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node-1:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db-1
             - api-node-broker-1
@@ -159,6 +164,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node-2:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db-2
             - api-node-broker-2
@@ -178,6 +184,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node-3:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db-3
             - api-node-broker-3
@@ -191,9 +198,7 @@ services:
         container_name: api-node-broker-0
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
-        command: >-
-            bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh api-node-broker-0 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh
-            api-node-broker-0"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh api-node-broker-0"
         ports:
             - '8002:7902'
         stop_signal: SIGINT
@@ -201,6 +206,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node-0:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db-0
     api-node-broker-1:
@@ -208,9 +214,7 @@ services:
         container_name: api-node-broker-1
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
-        command: >-
-            bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh api-node-broker-1 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh
-            api-node-broker-1"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh api-node-broker-1"
         ports:
             - '8003:7902'
         stop_signal: SIGINT
@@ -218,6 +222,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node-1:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db-1
     api-node-broker-2:
@@ -225,9 +230,7 @@ services:
         container_name: api-node-broker-2
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
-        command: >-
-            bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh api-node-broker-2 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh
-            api-node-broker-2"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh api-node-broker-2"
         ports:
             - '8004:7902'
         stop_signal: SIGINT
@@ -235,6 +238,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node-2:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db-2
     api-node-broker-3:
@@ -242,9 +246,7 @@ services:
         container_name: api-node-broker-3
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
-        command: >-
-            bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh api-node-broker-3 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh
-            api-node-broker-3"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh api-node-broker-3"
         ports:
             - '8005:7902'
         stop_signal: SIGINT
@@ -252,6 +254,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node-3:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db-3
     rest-gateway-0:
diff --git a/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap.yml b/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap.yml
index d7f49388b..e1d4c477a 100644
--- a/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap.yml
+++ b/test/composes/expected-docker-compose-bootstrap.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ services:
             MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: catapult
         container_name: db-0
         image: 'mongo:4.4.3-bionic'
-        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db-0 --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2
+        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db-0 --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2 --quiet
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
         ports:
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ services:
         user: '1000:1000'
         container_name: peer-node-0
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
-        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh peer-node-0 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-0"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-0"
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
         restart: 'on-failure:2'
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/peer-node-0:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         networks:
             default:
                 aliases:
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ services:
         user: '1000:1000'
         container_name: peer-node-1
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
-        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh peer-node-1 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-1"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startServer.sh peer-node-1"
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
         restart: 'on-failure:2'
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/peer-node-1:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         networks:
             default:
                 aliases:
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node-0:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db-0
             - api-node-broker-0
@@ -74,9 +77,7 @@ services:
         container_name: api-node-broker-0
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.0.7'
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
-        command: >-
-            bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh api-node-broker-0 && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh
-            api-node-broker-0"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh api-node-broker-0"
         ports:
             - '8002:7902'
         stop_signal: SIGINT
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node-0:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db-0
     rest-gateway-0:
diff --git a/test/composes/expected-testnet-dual-compose.yml b/test/composes/expected-testnet-dual-compose.yml
index bd8b365e5..a3d2ed160 100644
--- a/test/composes/expected-testnet-dual-compose.yml
+++ b/test/composes/expected-testnet-dual-compose.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ services:
             MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: catapult
         container_name: db
         image: 'mongo:4.4.3-bionic'
-        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2
+        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2 --quiet
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
         volumes:
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db
             - api-broker
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ services:
         container_name: api-broker
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.1.7'
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
-        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh api-broker && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh api-broker"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh api-broker"
         ports:
             - '7902:7902'
         stop_signal: SIGINT
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db
     rest-gateway:
diff --git a/test/composes/expected-testnet-supernode-compose.yml b/test/composes/expected-testnet-supernode-compose.yml
index 2f7f789f8..f7a35e18c 100644
--- a/test/composes/expected-testnet-supernode-compose.yml
+++ b/test/composes/expected-testnet-supernode-compose.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ services:
             MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: catapult
         container_name: db
         image: 'mongo:4.4.3-bionic'
-        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2
+        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2 --quiet
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
         volumes:
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db
             - api-broker
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ services:
         container_name: api-broker
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.1.7'
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
-        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh api-broker && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh api-broker"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh api-broker"
         ports:
             - '7902:7902'
         stop_signal: SIGINT
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db
     api-node-agent:
diff --git a/test/composes/expected-testnet-voting-compose.yml b/test/composes/expected-testnet-voting-compose.yml
index bd8b365e5..a3d2ed160 100644
--- a/test/composes/expected-testnet-voting-compose.yml
+++ b/test/composes/expected-testnet-voting-compose.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ services:
             MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: catapult
         container_name: db
         image: 'mongo:4.4.3-bionic'
-        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2
+        command: mongod --dbpath=/dbdata --bind_ip=db --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB 2 --quiet
         stop_signal: SIGINT
         working_dir: /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
         volumes:
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db
             - api-broker
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ services:
         container_name: api-broker
         image: 'symbolplatform/symbol-server:gcc-0.10.1.7'
         working_dir: /symbol-workdir
-        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/runServerRecover.sh api-broker && /bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh api-broker"
+        command: bash -c "/bin/bash /symbol-commands/startBroker.sh api-broker"
         ports:
             - '7902:7902'
         stop_signal: SIGINT
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - '../nodes/api-node:/symbol-workdir:rw'
             - './server:/symbol-commands:ro'
+            - '../nemesis/seed:/seed:ro'
         depends_on:
             - db
     rest-gateway:
diff --git a/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/api-node-0-config.csv b/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/api-node-0-config.csv
index 7ba5160ab..92a8f5b05 100644
--- a/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/api-node-0-config.csv
+++ b/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/api-node-0-config.csv
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ extension.hashcache; true
 
 config-extensions-recovery.properties
 extensions
-extension.addressextraction; true
-extension.mongo; true
-extension.zeromq; true
+extension.addressextraction; false
+extension.mongo; false
+extension.zeromq; false
+extension.filespooling; true
 extension.hashcache; true
 
 
@@ -428,7 +429,7 @@ enableDelegatedHarvestersAutoDetection; true
 
 storage
 seedDirectory; ./seed
-certificateDirectory; ./userconfig/resources/cert
+certificateDirectory; ./cert
 dataDirectory; ./data
 pluginsDirectory; /usr/catapult/lib
-votingKeysDirectory; ./userconfig/votingkeys
+votingKeysDirectory; ./votingkeys
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/api-node-0-config.rst b/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/api-node-0-config.rst
index 760d2ac25..67dfb9dab 100644
--- a/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/api-node-0-config.rst
+++ b/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/api-node-0-config.rst
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ config-extensions-recovery.properties
     :delim: ;
 
     **extensions**;
-    extension.addressextraction; true
-    extension.mongo; true
-    extension.zeromq; true
+    extension.addressextraction; false
+    extension.mongo; false
+    extension.zeromq; false
+    extension.filespooling; true
     extension.hashcache; true
 
 config-extensions-server.properties
@@ -447,7 +448,7 @@ config-user.properties
     enableDelegatedHarvestersAutoDetection; true
     **storage**;
     seedDirectory; ./seed
-    certificateDirectory; ./userconfig/resources/cert
+    certificateDirectory; ./cert
     dataDirectory; ./data
     pluginsDirectory; /usr/catapult/lib
-    votingKeysDirectory; ./userconfig/votingkeys
+    votingKeysDirectory; ./votingkeys
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/peer-node-0-config.csv b/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/peer-node-0-config.csv
index 9aa6da59e..12b776a82 100644
--- a/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/peer-node-0-config.csv
+++ b/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/peer-node-0-config.csv
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ extensions
 extension.addressextraction; false
 extension.mongo; false
 extension.zeromq; false
+extension.filespooling; true
 extension.hashcache; true
 
 
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ enableDelegatedHarvestersAutoDetection; true
 
 storage
 seedDirectory; ./seed
-certificateDirectory; ./userconfig/resources/cert
+certificateDirectory; ./cert
 dataDirectory; ./data
 pluginsDirectory; /usr/catapult/lib
-votingKeysDirectory; ./userconfig/votingkeys
+votingKeysDirectory; ./votingkeys
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/peer-node-0-config.rst b/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/peer-node-0-config.rst
index 914777dd9..156f94822 100644
--- a/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/peer-node-0-config.rst
+++ b/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/peer-node-0-config.rst
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ config-extensions-recovery.properties
     extension.addressextraction; false
     extension.mongo; false
     extension.zeromq; false
+    extension.filespooling; true
     extension.hashcache; true
 
 config-extensions-server.properties
@@ -461,7 +462,7 @@ config-user.properties
     enableDelegatedHarvestersAutoDetection; true
     **storage**;
     seedDirectory; ./seed
-    certificateDirectory; ./userconfig/resources/cert
+    certificateDirectory; ./cert
     dataDirectory; ./data
     pluginsDirectory; /usr/catapult/lib
-    votingKeysDirectory; ./userconfig/votingkeys
+    votingKeysDirectory; ./votingkeys
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/peer-node-1-config.csv b/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/peer-node-1-config.csv
index 2f39cb868..e2d2734f4 100644
--- a/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/peer-node-1-config.csv
+++ b/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/peer-node-1-config.csv
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ extensions
 extension.addressextraction; false
 extension.mongo; false
 extension.zeromq; false
+extension.filespooling; true
 extension.hashcache; true
 
 
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ enableDelegatedHarvestersAutoDetection; true
 
 storage
 seedDirectory; ./seed
-certificateDirectory; ./userconfig/resources/cert
+certificateDirectory; ./cert
 dataDirectory; ./data
 pluginsDirectory; /usr/catapult/lib
-votingKeysDirectory; ./userconfig/votingkeys
+votingKeysDirectory; ./votingkeys
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/peer-node-1-config.rst b/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/peer-node-1-config.rst
index 00c6848a7..63c8127b0 100644
--- a/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/peer-node-1-config.rst
+++ b/test/reports/bootstrap-voting/peer-node-1-config.rst
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ config-extensions-recovery.properties
     extension.addressextraction; false
     extension.mongo; false
     extension.zeromq; false
+    extension.filespooling; true
     extension.hashcache; true
 
 config-extensions-server.properties
@@ -461,7 +462,7 @@ config-user.properties
     enableDelegatedHarvestersAutoDetection; true
     **storage**;
     seedDirectory; ./seed
-    certificateDirectory; ./userconfig/resources/cert
+    certificateDirectory; ./cert
     dataDirectory; ./data
     pluginsDirectory; /usr/catapult/lib
-    votingKeysDirectory; ./userconfig/votingkeys
+    votingKeysDirectory; ./votingkeys
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/reports/testnet-api/api-node-config.csv b/test/reports/testnet-api/api-node-config.csv
index ac979bb8c..fba9a64fe 100644
--- a/test/reports/testnet-api/api-node-config.csv
+++ b/test/reports/testnet-api/api-node-config.csv
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ extension.hashcache; true
 
 config-extensions-recovery.properties
 extensions
-extension.addressextraction; true
-extension.mongo; true
-extension.zeromq; true
+extension.addressextraction; false
+extension.mongo; false
+extension.zeromq; false
+extension.filespooling; true
 extension.hashcache; true
 
 
@@ -848,7 +849,7 @@ enableDelegatedHarvestersAutoDetection; true
 
 storage
 seedDirectory; ./seed
-certificateDirectory; ./userconfig/resources/cert
+certificateDirectory; ./cert
 dataDirectory; ./data
 pluginsDirectory; /usr/catapult/lib
-votingKeysDirectory; ./userconfig/votingkeys
+votingKeysDirectory; ./votingkeys
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/reports/testnet-api/api-node-config.rst b/test/reports/testnet-api/api-node-config.rst
index cee55ace8..ef8c532b6 100644
--- a/test/reports/testnet-api/api-node-config.rst
+++ b/test/reports/testnet-api/api-node-config.rst
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ config-extensions-recovery.properties
     :delim: ;
 
     **extensions**;
-    extension.addressextraction; true
-    extension.mongo; true
-    extension.zeromq; true
+    extension.addressextraction; false
+    extension.mongo; false
+    extension.zeromq; false
+    extension.filespooling; true
     extension.hashcache; true
 
 config-extensions-server.properties
@@ -867,7 +868,7 @@ config-user.properties
     enableDelegatedHarvestersAutoDetection; true
     **storage**;
     seedDirectory; ./seed
-    certificateDirectory; ./userconfig/resources/cert
+    certificateDirectory; ./cert
     dataDirectory; ./data
     pluginsDirectory; /usr/catapult/lib
-    votingKeysDirectory; ./userconfig/votingkeys
+    votingKeysDirectory; ./votingkeys
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/reports/testnet-dual-voting/api-node-config.csv b/test/reports/testnet-dual-voting/api-node-config.csv
index 4528100ca..9627a2c86 100644
--- a/test/reports/testnet-dual-voting/api-node-config.csv
+++ b/test/reports/testnet-dual-voting/api-node-config.csv
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ extension.hashcache; true
 
 config-extensions-recovery.properties
 extensions
-extension.addressextraction; true
-extension.mongo; true
-extension.zeromq; true
+extension.addressextraction; false
+extension.mongo; false
+extension.zeromq; false
+extension.filespooling; true
 extension.hashcache; true
 
 
@@ -858,7 +859,7 @@ enableDelegatedHarvestersAutoDetection; true
 
 storage
 seedDirectory; ./seed
-certificateDirectory; ./userconfig/resources/cert
+certificateDirectory; ./cert
 dataDirectory; ./data
 pluginsDirectory; /usr/catapult/lib
-votingKeysDirectory; ./userconfig/votingkeys
+votingKeysDirectory; ./votingkeys
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/reports/testnet-dual-voting/api-node-config.rst b/test/reports/testnet-dual-voting/api-node-config.rst
index 8ad52dd0c..bf0394820 100644
--- a/test/reports/testnet-dual-voting/api-node-config.rst
+++ b/test/reports/testnet-dual-voting/api-node-config.rst
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ config-extensions-recovery.properties
     :delim: ;
 
     **extensions**;
-    extension.addressextraction; true
-    extension.mongo; true
-    extension.zeromq; true
+    extension.addressextraction; false
+    extension.mongo; false
+    extension.zeromq; false
+    extension.filespooling; true
     extension.hashcache; true
 
 config-extensions-server.properties
@@ -881,7 +882,7 @@ config-user.properties
     enableDelegatedHarvestersAutoDetection; true
     **storage**;
     seedDirectory; ./seed
-    certificateDirectory; ./userconfig/resources/cert
+    certificateDirectory; ./cert
     dataDirectory; ./data
     pluginsDirectory; /usr/catapult/lib
-    votingKeysDirectory; ./userconfig/votingkeys
+    votingKeysDirectory; ./votingkeys
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/reports/testnet-peer/peer-node-config.csv b/test/reports/testnet-peer/peer-node-config.csv
index 237a6a2c5..b4fbce071 100644
--- a/test/reports/testnet-peer/peer-node-config.csv
+++ b/test/reports/testnet-peer/peer-node-config.csv
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ extensions
 extension.addressextraction; false
 extension.mongo; false
 extension.zeromq; false
+extension.filespooling; true
 extension.hashcache; true
 
 
@@ -858,7 +859,7 @@ enableDelegatedHarvestersAutoDetection; true
 
 storage
 seedDirectory; ./seed
-certificateDirectory; ./userconfig/resources/cert
+certificateDirectory; ./cert
 dataDirectory; ./data
 pluginsDirectory; /usr/catapult/lib
-votingKeysDirectory; ./userconfig/votingkeys
+votingKeysDirectory; ./votingkeys
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/reports/testnet-peer/peer-node-config.rst b/test/reports/testnet-peer/peer-node-config.rst
index 579e6fafd..073c9e846 100644
--- a/test/reports/testnet-peer/peer-node-config.rst
+++ b/test/reports/testnet-peer/peer-node-config.rst
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ config-extensions-recovery.properties
     extension.addressextraction; false
     extension.mongo; false
     extension.zeromq; false
+    extension.filespooling; true
     extension.hashcache; true
 
 config-extensions-server.properties
@@ -881,7 +882,7 @@ config-user.properties
     enableDelegatedHarvestersAutoDetection; true
     **storage**;
     seedDirectory; ./seed
-    certificateDirectory; ./userconfig/resources/cert
+    certificateDirectory; ./cert
     dataDirectory; ./data
     pluginsDirectory; /usr/catapult/lib
-    votingKeysDirectory; ./userconfig/votingkeys
+    votingKeysDirectory; ./votingkeys
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/service/BackupSyncService.test.ts b/test/service/BackupSyncService.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78e9e32d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/service/BackupSyncService.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 NEM
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { expect } from '@oclif/test';
+import { existsSync } from 'fs';
+import 'mocha';
+import { BootstrapService, BootstrapUtils, ConfigLoader, ConfigService, Preset, StartParams } from '../../src/service';
+import { BackupSyncService } from '../../src/service/BackupSyncService';
+
+describe('BackupSyncService', () => {
+    it('run', async () => {
+        const target = 'target/BackupSyncService.test';
+        await BootstrapUtils.deleteFolder(target);
+        await BootstrapUtils.mkdir(target);
+        const preset = Preset.testnet;
+        const service = new BackupSyncService('.', { target: target, fullBackup: true });
+
+        const presetData = new ConfigLoader().createPresetData({
+            root: '.',
+            preset: preset,
+            assembly: 'dual',
+            password: undefined,
+            customPresetObject: {
+                backupSyncLocation: 'https://symbol-bootstrap.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/testnet/testnet-unit-test.zip',
+                backupSyncLocalCacheFileName: 'testnet-unit-test.zip',
+            },
+        });
+        await service.run(presetData);
+        expect(existsSync(`${target}/nodes/api-node/data/00000/00002.dat`)).eq(true);
+        expect(existsSync(`${target}/databases/db/mongod.lock`)).eq(true);
+    });
+
+    it('run, stop, create backup', async () => {
+        const target = 'target/BackupSyncService.e2e';
+        const backupSyncLocation = './backup-sync/testnet-unittest-backup.zip';
+        BootstrapUtils.deleteFile(backupSyncLocation);
+        const config: StartParams = {
+            ...ConfigService.defaultParams,
+            preset: Preset.testnet,
+            reset: true,
+            detached: true,
+            healthCheck: true,
+            assembly: 'dual',
+            pullImages: true,
+            target,
+            customPresetObject: {
+                backupSyncLocation: backupSyncLocation,
+                backupSyncLocalCacheFileName: 'testnet-unittest-backup.zip',
+            },
+        };
+
+        const service = new BootstrapService('.');
+
+        await service.start(config);
+
+        await BootstrapUtils.sleep(5000);
+
+        await service.stop(config);
+
+        await service.backup({
+            target: target,
+            fullBackup: true,
+            destinationFile: backupSyncLocation,
+        });
+        expect(existsSync(backupSyncLocation)).eq(true);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/test/testnet-custom-preset.yml b/test/testnet-custom-preset.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d201a38c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/testnet-custom-preset.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+backupSyncLocation: ./backup-sync/testnet-local-backup.zip
+backupSyncLocalCacheFileName: testnet-local-backup.zip
diff --git a/test/voting_preset.yml b/test/voting_preset.yml
index d631a1e6e..a827610a2 100644
--- a/test/voting_preset.yml
+++ b/test/voting_preset.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+backupSyncLocation: ./backup-sync/testnet-local-backup.zip
+backupSyncLocalCacheFileName: testnet-local-backup.zip
 databases:
     - compose:
           mem_limit: ~