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Restoring a backup

Restoring a backup puts your server's files back the way they were when the backup was made.

danger

The server stops while the backup is restored, and its files are replaced with the ones in the backup. Any changes made since the backup was created are lost. If you might want the current state later, create a backup of it first.

  1. Open the Fragnet dashboard, go to My servers and select your server.
  2. Open the Backups tab.
  3. Open the ⋯ menu next to the backup and select Restore.
  4. In Restore this backup?, choose whether to tick Delete all files before restoring:
    • Ticked: every file on the server is deleted first, so the server matches the backup exactly. Files that aren't in the backup are removed.
    • Not ticked: the files in the backup replace the current ones, and files that aren't in the backup stay on the server.
  5. Select Restore.

When the restore has finished, start the server again with the power button at the top of the page if it isn't running. The Activity tab shows "Started restoring a backup", then "Finished restoring a backup", or "A backup restore failed" if something went wrong.

tip

To get back only some files, download the backup and upload just the files you need.

Restoring only changes files. Settings you change in the dashboard rather than in a file, such as the startup settings under Configuration → General, stay as they are.