Server backup and restoration

If something happens to your server – a griefer, a faulty plugin, or a developer's mistake – your only salvation is a recent backup. That's why in the Hexado Pterodactyl panel, we emphasize a robust Backup management system, where backups on the disk don't even consume your storage limit.

Creating a manual backup

1. Go to the Backups section in the panel.
2. Click on Create Backup.
3. You can enter a backup name and optionally define ignored files or folders in the 'Ignored Files' field (e.g., Dynmap, coreprotect.db) if you want to save archive capacity.
4. Click the blue Start button. The server will compress all files in the background; this may take a moment. Once a checkmark icon appears on the bar, you have backed up.

Automatic backups via the Scheduler

Don't do backups manually, automate them. The server has a Schedules service for this.

1. Go to Schedules and click Create Schedule.
2. For the name, type 'Daily Backup'. For the Cron configuration, set a time when there are few people on the server, like 4 AM. Set minutes to 0 and hours to 4 (leave the rest as asterisks).
3. Save, click into the plan, and click New Task inside it.
4. Set Action to Create Backup. And save again.

Data restoration

In the Backups tab, you will find 3 dots next to each backup - pressing Restore will delete current files and replace the folder contents with the backup. The server will do this for you within 3 minutes; then you just need to turn it back on.