# Backups ### What Makes Us Different? Ember Host uses something called Borg backups, which has some huge benefits over the S3 backup system that comes with Pterodactyl by default: de-duplicated and incremental backups. This means that each individual backup taken will only include changes since the last backup - hugely decreasing the amount of time backups take after the first one is created. ### Creating a Backup Here's how to make a backup - start by heading over to the backups tab on our [panel](https://panel.ember.host), and click `Create Backup`.

Name your backup, lock it, or select which files to include here!

{% hint style="warning" %} Selecting files to include here will override the existing `backupPattern.lst` {% endhint %} ### Creating Scheduled Backups Schduled backups are simple - you can use our inbuilt schedules feature in our panel, which allows for automated backup creation at whatever times you specify. When you reach the backup limited, the oldest non-locked backup will be deleted to make space for the new one the schedule creates. Curious on how to create a schedule? Check out our page on [schedules](/ember-panel/schedules.md)! ### Choosing Which Files Are Included in a Scheduled Backup Go into the files tab of the panel. Then, click 'New File' -> type up your patternfile -> save it as `backupPattern.lst` ```p - ./backups/** - ./bluemap/web/maps/**/tiles/** - ./dynmap/web/tiles/** - ./crash-reports/** - ./logs/** ``` *For Borg, lines in a pattern file start with + for include patterns and - for exclude patterns.* `- ./backups/**` tells Borg to exclude the backups directory and all its contents. The \*\* pattern matches any files and subdirectories recursively. `- ./bluemap/web/maps/**/tiles/**` excludes all tiles directories under any directory within ./bluemap/web/maps/, including their contents. `- ./dynmap/web/tiles/**` excludes all content within the ./dynmap/web/tiles/ directory, recursively. `- ./crash-reports/** and - ./logs/**` exclude the crash-reports and logs directories respectively, along with all their contents.

### Further Examples To include a specific directory and all its contents: `+ /path/to/directory/**` To exclude a specific directory: `- /path/to/directory/**` To include all .yml files in a specific directory: `+ /path/to/directory/**/*.yml` To exclude all .log files: `- *.log` By `@goldenedit` and `@icewaffles` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.ember.host/ember-panel/backups.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.