Introducing DigitalOcean Functions: A powerful, serverless compute solution

Question

Create droplet from backup in different region

  • Posted May 5, 2014

I’m trying to create a droplet from a backup, and I can see my list of backups. However, if I select a different region for the new droplet than the region where the backup is stored, I can no longer select the backup.

Is it possible (or will it soon be possible) to create a droplet from a backup stored in a different region?

Subscribe
Share
Submit an answer
You can type!ref in this text area to quickly search our full set of tutorials, documentation & marketplace offerings and insert the link!

These answers are provided by our Community. If you find them useful, show some love by clicking the heart. If you run into issues leave a comment, or add your own answer to help others.

Andrew SB • May 5, 2014

@Joel: <br> <br>In the “Images” menu, click on the icon to the right of your backup: <br> <br>http://i.imgur.com/r9dKhee.png <br> <br>Now the backup is available as a snapshot. Now click the globe icon for the snapshot to select a region to transfer it too: <br> <br>http://i.imgur.com/re5m9vT.png

joel • May 5, 2014

Thanks! How do I: <br> <br>- convert the backup to a snapshot? <br>- distribute it to the other regions?

jt • May 5, 2014

You can convert the backup to a snapshot and distribute it to the other regions for deployment that way.