Managing backups

Backups protect your world, configurations, and player progress. Here's everything you need to know about the backup system.

Automatic backups

Every server includes automatic daily backups with 7-day retention. This is included with all servers at no extra cost.

Automatic backups happen in the background without affecting your server's performance or kicking players.

Creating a manual backup

You can create backups anytime—especially useful before making changes:

1. 1. Go to your server's Backups tab
2. 2. Click Create Backup
3. 3. Optionally add a name (e.g., "Before mod update")
4. 4. Wait for the backup to complete (usually under a minute)

Manual backups don't count against your automatic backup limit and are kept until you delete them or reach storage limits.

Restoring from a backup

Need to roll back? Here's how:

1. 1. Stop your server first
2. 2. Go to the Backups tab
3. 3. Find the backup you want to restore
4. 4. Click the Restore button
5. 5. Confirm the restore action
6. 6. Start your server

Downloading backups

You can download any backup to your computer:

1. 1. Go to the Backups tab
2. 2. Click the Download button on any backup
3. 3. A .zip or .tar.gz file will download to your computer

Downloaded backups are useful for:

• - Keeping long-term archives of your world
• - Playing the world in single-player
• - Migrating to a different server or host

What's included in backups

Backups include everything needed to restore your server:

• World/map data
• Player data (inventories, progress, positions)
• Configuration files
• Installed mods and plugins

Best practices

• - Before updates: Always backup before changing game versions or updating mods
• - Before experiments: Backup before trying risky commands or config changes
• - Milestone backups: Download backups of major world achievements for permanent storage
• - Name your backups: Use descriptive names like "Pre-1.20-update" or "Finished-spawn"