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EDBB does not provide routine VPS backups. You are responsible for backing up the operating system configuration, application data and anything else needed to recover your service. Keep copies outside the VPS and test them.

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Choose what to protect

A synchronization job is not automatically a historical backup. Tools such as rsync --delete and rclone sync can copy accidental deletions to the destination. Use versioned retention and review a dry run before enabling destructive synchronization.

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Establish a backup routine

  1. Decide how much recent data you can afford to lose and how quickly you must restore service.
  2. Choose a backup schedule and retention period that meet those needs.
  3. Store encrypted copies on a separate system. Keep the decryption credentials accessible if the VPS is unavailable.
  4. Monitor each job and available backup storage. A scheduled job that failed is not a backup.
  5. Restore representative files and databases regularly to an isolated environment.
  6. Before an upgrade, reinstall, disk change or cancellation, create a fresh backup and confirm it is usable.
EDBB offers a manually requested qcow2 disk export for EUR 25. A password-protected download link is available for 30 days. Download and store your own copy within that period. This service is not a recurring backup schedule or an instant snapshot feature. See request a qcow2 export. Service data retention after termination is also separate and must not be used as a backup plan.