Hello, I have a FreePBX machine installed on DigitalOcean. Can I possibly download a backup, delete FreePBX droplet and bring it back later when I need it again?
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Hello, @tpglitch
On top of what’s already been mentioned you can create a full backup within FreePBX and use it later on when it’s needed. You can find more information here:
https://www.freepbxhosting.com/freepbx-15-backup/
Regards
Hi there,
In addition to what KFSys mentioned here, what you could also do is to take a snapshot of your Droplet and keep the snapshot instead of the Droplet:
That way it will be more cost effective and the snapshot will be stored securely under your DigitalOcean account, so you will be able to spin up a new Droplet easily at any time.
Snapshots are charged at only $0.06 per GB per month for Droplets and $0.06 per GiB per month for volumes.
Hope that this helps!
- Bobby
Heya,
You cannot currently download DigitalOcean backups or snapshots.
As an alternative, we recommend backing up and downloading your data with SnapShooter. You can also use third-party tools like rsync or SFTP.
To share your support for this feature, vote for downloading snapshots and backups on ideas.digitalocean.com.