Automatic backups run on your server by itself, even when the panel is closed. Set them once and forget about them.
Turn them on
- Open File backups and find Automatic backups.
- Choose how often: Every day or Every week.
- Pick the Time (and the Day for weekly). This uses the server's clock.
- Choose What to back up: Whole server, Game servers (
C:\HTN) or One folder. - Choose how many to Keep, from the newest 1 to the newest 10.
- Click Save schedule.
The top of the card confirms the schedule, for example Every day at 04:00 · Whole server · keeps the newest 5, and shows when the last one ran.
How "Keep" works
When a new automatic backup is made, the oldest automatic ones beyond your limit are deleted. Backups you make by hand are never deleted by the schedule.
Good to know
- If there isn't enough free space, the backup is skipped rather than filling your disk. The card says so.
- Pick a quiet time. Backups keep your game servers running, but they do use some disk and CPU while they work.
- Automatic backups are saved on the server, like the ones you make by hand. Copy important ones to your own PC (see Back up your server and keep a copy safe).
- To stop them, choose Off and click Save schedule.
- Want to know if a backup fails? Turn on Discord alerts.