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Backing Up an Instance

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Stephanie Richards
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Learn how to create a backup of a Public Cloud instance in just a few clicks.

You can create a backup of your instance anytime via the OVHcloud Control Panel. You can then use this backup to restore your instance to an old configuration or recreate it.

 

Requirements

 

Instructions

Creating a backup of an instance

From the OVHcloud Control Panel:

  1. Click Public Cloud in the top navigation bar.
  2. Select your Public Cloud project.
  3. In the left-hand navigation menu under Compute, select Instances.
  4. In the row of the instance, click the more options ... button and select Create a backup.

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In the pop-up window, enter a name for the backup and click Confirm to finalize.

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Once the backup has been created, you can view it by clicking Instance Backup under Storage and Backup.

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NOTE: You cannot delete an instance backup if an instance that has been spawned from this backup is running at the time of the delete action.

 

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For more information and tutorials, please see our other Public Cloud support guides or explore the guides for other OVHcloud products and services.

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