Your own backups to your own storage

Besides the hosting's daily backups, you can set up automatic backups of sites and databases to your own storage: S3-compatible object storage, an SFTP or FTP server.

Add a backup destination

1. Open "Tools" -> "My backups".
2. In the "Backup destinations" block, click "Add destination".
3. Choose the type and fill in the fields:
   • "S3 / Object storage": "Bucket", "Region", "Endpoint" (for non-Amazon storage), "Access key ID", "Secret access key", "Base path";
   • "SFTP": "Host", "Port", "Username", "Password", "Base path";
   • "FTP": the same fields plus "Use TLS (FTPS)".
4. Save.

Add a schedule

1. In the "Backup schedules" block, click "Add backup schedule".
2. Choose the "Destination" and the start time ("Schedule (cron)": minute, hour, day, month, day of week).
3. Tick "Include files" and/or "Include databases" (you can pick individual databases).
4. Set how many copies to keep ("Retain (copies)").
5. Save.

Backups are then created automatically on the schedule you set.

Restore from your own backups

1. Open "Tools" -> "Restore from my backups".
2. Choose the "Backup destination".
3. Choose the snapshot you need (files or a database) and click "Restore".

Existing files or data may be overwritten during a restore.