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Backups

Backups are cloud backups of an active server, stored off your machine. Create one before risky changes, then restore or download it if you need to recover.

Backups and Vault are different.

Backups help you roll back an active server. The Vault is different: it copies the whole server (world, mods, and settings) into a saved version and parks it there, so you can pause a server and stop paying to run it while you take a break.

Create a manual backup

  1. Open Backups.
  2. Choose Back up now.
  3. Wait for the backup to finish.
  4. Download it or leave it available as a restore point.

Save a restore point

A restore point is one locked backup that automatic rotation never removes, so it is still there after your newer backups have rotated out. Saving a new one is how you replace it.

It counts as one of your kept backups, so saving one while you are at your limit can rotate out one of your other backups.

  1. Open Backups.
  2. Choose Save a restore point, or Replace with now if you already have one.
  3. Wait for it to finish.
  4. To go back to it, restore it like any other backup.

Parking, changing game or restoring from the Vault removes this restore point; each of those saves your world to the Vault first.

Automatic backups

Automatic backups are on by default, every 12 hours to start. You choose the cadence, from hourly up to once a week, to match how often your world changes.

You also choose how many backups to keep, any number from 3 to 12. New servers start at 10. Up to that many working backups are kept, as many as fit in your backup space. The Backups tab says how many fit right now and which backup drops off next.

Your backup space matches your server space: whatever storage your plan gives the server, it gives the backups. A big world therefore keeps fewer copies than a small one. Three copies always survive, and the newest working backup is never removed.

What drops off first

  1. An automatic backup replaces your oldest finished backup. It does not count failed backups and does not remove them.
  2. When you back up now, save a restore point or reinstall, failed backups go first, because they cannot be restored anyway. Then the oldest finished backup.
  3. Your restore point and any backup that is still running are never rotated out.

If you lower Backups to keep below the number you have, we list the backups it would delete and ask before deleting any of them.

Reinstall backs up first

A clean reinstall replaces the server's files. Before it runs, it takes one backup of the whole server, named Before reinstall. That backup stays on your Backups tab after the reinstall. If you are at your backup limit, it can remove a failed backup, or else your oldest, to make room. The reinstall screen names which one before you confirm.

Restore a backup

Restore overwrites current world data.

Make sure you picked the right backup. If you are unsure, download the current world or create another backup first.

  1. Open Backups and find the completed backup you want.
  2. Choose Restore.
  3. Wait for the restore to complete before starting heavy file changes.
  4. Start or restart the server and confirm the world loads correctly.

Download or manage worlds directly

To download the active world, upload a different world, or switch the active folder, use the Worlds page.

When a backup is not available

A backup can be running, failed, locked while another job uses it, or still catching up. If a backup stays stuck or you cannot restore a completed one, contact support before deleting any files.

Still stuck? Try Troubleshooting, or contact support.