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Backing up your DayZ server

Make a backup before you install mods, change the map or edit files, so you have something to go back to. Your server's world (the persistence: bases, vehicles, loot and characters) is in the mission folder, for example mpmissions/dayzOffline.chernarusplus/storage_1.

Create a backup​

A backup on the Backups tab contains all of your server's files: the mission folders with their persistence, the config files and the mods.

  1. Open the Fragnet dashboard, go to My servers and select your server.
  2. Stop the server. DayZ saves its world while it runs, so a stopped server gives you an exact copy. (It can keep running if you don't mind losing the last few minutes.)
  3. Open the Backups tab and select Create backup.
  4. Give the backup a Name, for example "Before mod update", and select Create backup.
  5. Start the server again.

The backup shows In progress until it's finished. For all the options, see Creating a backup.

Daily backups

Turn on Scheduled backups on the Backups tab to back up every day without thinking about it. See Scheduled backups.

Download only your world​

To keep a copy of just the mission folder on your computer:

  1. Open the Files tab and then the mpmissions folder.
  2. Open the ⋯ menu of your mission folder (by default dayzOffline.chernarusplus) and select Compress. An archive appears in the same folder.
  3. Open the ⋯ menu of the archive and select Download.
  4. Delete the archive from the server afterwards, so it doesn't take up disk space.

See File and folder actions.

Restore a backup​

To put the whole server back, open the Backups tab, open the backup's ⋯ menu and select Restore. The server stops and its files are replaced with the backup. See Restoring a backup.

To put back only the world:

  1. Download the backup and extract it on your computer. See Downloading a backup.
  2. In the extracted files, find the storage_1 folder inside your mission folder and zip it.
  3. Stop the server.
  4. On the Files tab, open your mission folder and delete the current storage_1 folder.
  5. Upload the .zip, open its ⋯ menu and select Extract. Then delete the .zip.
  6. Start the server.

For a large world, an SFTP client is easier. See SFTP and FTP access.

Before a world reset, the dashboard offers to make a backup for you.