To keep your world safe and prevent data loss, we recommend creating backups of your server regularly. You can connect a Google Drive account to your exaroton account and store as many backups as you want in your Google Drive storage.
Creating a Backup
Step 1: Link your Google Drive account
To create and restore backups, you must first link your Google Drive account to your exaroton account. Go to the backups page and click the "Connect" button. After that, grant exaroton permission to store data in your Google Drive account when asked.
Step 2: Manually create a backup
To save your server’s current state, click "Create Backup." This will include all world data, plugins, and settings. Depending on your server's size, the backup process may take a few minutes. If you like, you can enter a custom name for your backup before clicking the create button.
You can configure your server to create backups automatically. It is also possible to set a maximum amount of automatic backups to save storage space. When this limit is reached, an older automatic backup will be deleted whenever a new one is created. Automatic backups will be created daily when your server is stopped.
Restore a backup
Step 1: Select the right backup
To restore a backup, you need to visit our backups page. By default, the backups list displays only the backups created on the server you are currently using. If you enable the "Show all servers" toggle, you will also see backups that were created on different servers associated with your account.
Step 2: Restore the backup
To restore the selected backup, press the "Restore" button. Once pressed, the backup will be restored. Depending on the size of your backup, this process may take a few minutes.
Restoring a backup will completely replace your current server files, including your world.
Disconnecting a Google Drive account
Unlink your Google Drive account
You can disconnect your Google Drive account on the backups page. Disconnecting your account will not erase your backups, and you can reconnect your account to access them again at any time.
Delete backup data
If you no longer have access to your exaroton account, you can disconnect it through your Google Drive settings. To do this, open Google Drive and click on the settings icon in the upper-right corner of the screen. Next, navigate to the "Manage Apps" tab. There, locate the "exaroton Backup" app and select "Delete hidden app data" from the options available.