How ServerBorn backups work
Every night we snapshot everything on your plan — every website's files and every database — and keep the last seven days. You don't configure anything; it's already running. The Backups light on your dashboard shows the latest snapshot date.
Take a backup right now
- Open Backups
Sidebar → Backups, or
/then “back”. - Click ＋ Backup now
Runs in the background — about 30 seconds for a typical site. It appears at the top of the list when done, with its size and duration.
Make “Backup now” a reflex before anything risky: plugin updates, theme surgery, bulk deletes, database experiments. It costs 30 seconds and makes every mistake reversible.
Restore a snapshot
- Find the snapshot in the list
Each row shows date, time, status and size. Only succeeded snapshots offer Restore.
- Click Restore and read the confirmation
A restore replaces your current files and databases with the snapshot's contents. Anything created after that snapshot is lost.
- Confirm and wait
Runs in the background; a typical site is back in under a minute. Purge cache afterwards if pages look stale.
Restoring cannot be undone. If today's state might matter, click ＋ Backup now first, then restore the older snapshot — now both points in time exist.
What exactly is inside a snapshot?
All files of every website on the plan, plus full dumps of every database. Email routing rules and DNS live outside the pod and aren't affected by restores.
Can I restore a single file instead of everything?
Snapshot restores are all-or-nothing today. For one file: open a ticket with the filename and the date you need — we can pull individual files from a snapshot for you.
Can I download a backup?
Open a ticket and we'll hand you an archive. Scheduled off-panel exports are on the roadmap.