How to Create a Manual Backup

Backups let you roll your server back when an update or script change goes wrong. Creating one manually takes a few clicks; if you would rather have this happen on a schedule, see how to set up automatic backups.

1Open the Backups Page

• In the control panel, open your server and click Backups in the left menu under Management.
• The page has two tabs: Files for your server files and Databases for your MySQL databases. Pick what you want to back up and click Create backup.

2Name and Start the Backup

• Optionally give the backup a name; leave it blank for an auto-generated one.
• Switch on Lock this backup if it must never be removed by automatic cleanup or deleted until you unlock it.
• Press Start backup.

Finished

Your backup appears in the list once it completes, with its size, checksum and when it auto-deletes (locked backups are kept until you unlock them). Use the menu on the right of the row to restore or download the backup later.