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Backups

Every website on Netkeel has its own backups. A backup is a complete snapshot of the website’s files and its database, taken while the site stays online. You can make one whenever you like, let Netkeel make them on a schedule, download them and restore them.

Where backups live

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  • On the server. Every backup is stored on the server that hosts the website. This makes backups and restores fast.
  • Off-site. When off-site backup is on for a server, an encrypted copy of each backup is also kept away from the server, so your backups survive even if the server is lost. Off-site backup is on by default for new servers.

Off-site copies go to Netkeel’s off-site storage ($0.03 per GB a month) unless you connect your own S3-compatible bucket, which Netkeel does not charge for.

Every backup is checked

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Each backup is checked automatically after it is made and again each month. The backup list shows the result next to each backup:

Label Meaning
Backing up The backup is being made.
Checking The backup is made and is being checked.
Verified The check passed.
Check failed The check could not run. You can run it again from the backup’s menu.
Damaged The backup failed its check and cannot be downloaded or restored.

Find a website’s backups

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  1. Open Websites and choose the website.
  2. Open the Backups tab.

The top of the page shows how many backups the website has, how much space they take on the server, the date of the latest backup and how many off-site copies exist.

To see every website on a server at once, open Servers, choose the server and open its Backups section. Backups by website lists each site’s schedule, backup count and latest backup.

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