Backups

The Backups tab takes point-in-time snapshots of your server’s files. Use them before risky changes, scheduled regularly, or as part of your disaster recovery plan.

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Creating a backup

1. Click Create Backup.
2. Give it a name (e.g. pre-update-2026-06-09).
3. Optionally add ignored files / paths (one per line, glob syntax). Useful for skipping huge log dirs.
4. Optionally lock the backup to prevent automatic rotation.
5. Click Start Backup.

The backup runs in the background. You can keep using the server - it stays online.

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Restoring a backup

Click the row menu and choose Restore. You’ll be asked whether to:

• Truncate the server directory first (clean restore), or
• Merge the backup into the current files (overwrite matching paths only).

The server is stopped during a restore and started again when it completes.

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Downloading and deleting

• Download pulls the backup as a .tar.gz to your machine.
• Delete is permanent and ignores the lock flag once confirmed.

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Limits and rotation

Each plan includes a number of backup slots. When you hit the cap, the oldest unlocked backup is removed when you create a new one. Locked backups are never auto-removed.