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The OVHcloud Game Panel lets you create and restore backups of your game server. The available backup features depend on the provider used by your game server image.

This guide explains how to create and restore backups from the OVHcloud Game Panel.

Requirements

• A VPS or a dedicated server in your OVHcloud account with the Game Panel feature enabled.
• A game server deployed on the Game Panel.
• Access to the Game Panel. Refer to Log in to the Game Panel.

Instructions

Accessing the Backups tab

1. Open your game server in the Game Panel.
2. Go to Settings.
3. Open the Backups tab.

The content of this tab varies depending on the provider of your game server image. The provider is displayed at the top of the Settings window:

• OVHcloud logo: the game server image is provided by OVHcloud.
• LinuxGSM logo: the game server image is provided by LinuxGSM.
• External: the server was added using an external image. Backup management is not supported for this provider.

OVHcloud provider

Create a backup

From the Backups tab, click Create Backup. After a few moments, the backup appears in the list below.

Manage backups

For each backup in the list, you can:

• Download the backup archive.
• Delete the backup.
• Restore the backup.
• Rename the backup.

LinuxGSM provider

LinuxGSM includes its own backup management system. As a result, backup functionality works the same way across all game server images provided by LinuxGSM.

Create a backup

From the Backups tab, click Create Backup. Once the backup process is complete, it appears in the backup list.

Manage backups

For each backup in the list, you can:

• Download the backup archive.
• Delete the backup.
• Rename the backup.

Automatic restoration is not available and must be performed manually. Refer to the Restore a backup section below.

Backup options

LinuxGSM provides several backup configuration options:

• Keep the last X backups: defines how many backups should be retained. When the limit is reached, the oldest backup is automatically deleted when a new backup is created.
• Keep backups for X days: defines how long backups should be kept. Backups older than the configured number of days are automatically removed.
• Stop server before backup: stops the game server before creating a backup. This helps ensure backup integrity and consistency, but it causes a temporary service interruption while the backup is being created.

Restore a backup

OVHcloud provider

To restore a backup:

1. Open the Backups tab.
2. Locate the backup you want to restore.
3. Click Restore.

The server automatically restarts during the restoration process.

LinuxGSM provider

LinuxGSM does not support automatic backup restoration through the Game Panel. To restore a backup manually:

1. Download the backup archive.
2. Extract the archive on your computer.
3. Open the extracted files.
4. Locate the serverfiles directory (present in most LinuxGSM backups).

Prepare the server

1. Stop the game server.
2. Go to Settings > File Manager.
3. Locate the existing serverfiles directory.

Before replacing it, you can delete, rename, or download it to keep a copy.

Upload the backup files

1. Remove or rename the current serverfiles directory.
2. Drag and drop the serverfiles directory from the backup into the File Manager.
3. Wait until the upload is fully completed.

Start the server

1. Start the game server again.
2. Check the server logs to verify that the server starts correctly and that the restoration was successful.

Go further

• How to use the Game Panel File Manager
• Getting started with the Game Panel

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