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Backups and snapshots
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Backups run every night and are kept for 7 days. Snapshots are copies you take yourself, kept until you delete them. Both can restore a server or start a new one.
1. Turn on nightly backups
Open the server, go to Snapshots & backups and turn on backups, or tick Automatic backups when you create a server. Backups cost 20% of the server's plan.
simplicloud servers backups enable web-1✓ Nightly backups on for web-1 · ₦1,460/mo
Backups run at 02:00 Lagos time. Managed databases are always backed up nightly at no extra cost.
2. Take a snapshot
Take a snapshot before upgrades, migrations or anything you might want to undo. Click Take snapshot or use the CLI:
Terminal
simplicloud snapshots create web-1 --name web-1-before-upgradesimplicloud snapshots list
3. Restore a server
Pick a backup or snapshot and click Restore. The server's disk is replaced with the copy and the server reboots.
Terminal
simplicloud snapshots restore web-1-before-upgrade --server web-1
Restoring replaces the disk. Take a snapshot first if you might want the current state back.
4. Start a new server from a copy
Use New server from this to clone a server, for example to test an upgrade on a copy. The new server gets its own IP and SSH port.
Terminal
simplicloud servers create web-1-test --plan s1 --from-snapshot web-1-before-upgrade
5. What it costs
- Volumes aren't included in server backups. Snapshot them separately.
- Deleting a server keeps its snapshots. Delete them to stop paying.
| Copy | Kept | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Nightly backups | 7 days | 20% of the plan, e.g. ₦1,460/mo on Micro |
| Snapshots | Until you delete them | ₦9 per GB a month |
| Database backups | 7 days | Included with the database |
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