Backups

Pterodactyl can back up and restore your servers in one click. You first need to allow backups on each server.

Allowing backups

By default, a server is not allowed any backups. In the administration, Servers → (server) → Build Configuration, set Backup Limit (for example 3), then save.

Creating and restoring

• Backups → Create Backup tab. You can exclude files (logs, caches) to save space.
• The menu of each backup lets you download it, restore it (the server is then replaced by its contents), lock it against deletion, or delete it.

Backing up automatically

Schedules → Create Schedule tab, for example every day at 5 am (Minute 0, Hour 5), then add a Create backup task. When the limit is reached, the oldest unlocked backup is replaced.

Where are they stored?