Digitalocean Backup Droplet takes the backup of all of the server configuration, website files, and databases. We are here to provide you with more details on it.

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Let’s take a look at how our Support Team helps a customer deal with the query on droplet backup.

Droplet backups in Digitalocean

Droplet backups are disk images  that are created automatically.

Enabling backups for Droplets enables system-level backups at regular intervals. Thus allowing us to revert to a previous state or create new Droplets.

Backups can enable for any Droplet, but they may not be suitable for Droplets with high I/O workloads, such as database servers. Because disc writes have degraded performance while creating the backup.

Backups work similarly to snapshots. One difference is that, the the backups are a completely automated process. We do not need to turn off our Droplets.

Backups are always linked to the Droplet. Backups will be removed and purged when we destroy the Droplet.

How to manually backup droplets from Digitalocean

A Droplet can be manually backed up in three ways.

• For an on-demand full disc image, we can create a DigitalOcean snapshot.
• Convert  an automatic DigitalOcean backup into a snapshot.
• Use a third-party tool.

Use DigitalOcean Snapshots for Full System Backups

A DigitalOcean Snapshot is a full disc image of a droplet that is created on-demand.

When we take a snapshot of a droplet, the image is saved to our account  until we delete it.

Snapshots can be used to restore an existing droplet or to create a new droplet from that point in time.

Convert Automatic DigitalOcean Backups into Snapshots

When we enable backups on a droplet, we create a full disc image of the droplet once a week automatically.

Backup images are saved to our account in the same way that snapshots are.

We can use them to restore an existing droplet or create new droplets from that point in time.

Backup images, unlike snapshots, are only kept in our account for four weeks. Convert a backup into a snapshot to keep it indefinitely.

Use Third-Party Tools for Partial Backups

We can use third-party tools like rsync or SFTP to back up parts of a droplet, such as configuration or data.

Setting Up Digitalocean Droplet Backups

Let’s take a look at how to create an automated droplet backups.

• First, we went to the Digital Control Panel and logged in.
• Then we go to the homepage and click on the droplet.
• Then we clicked the “Backups” link in the sidebar on the droplet details page.
• We’ll see a button that says “Enable Backups.”
• We activated backups by clicking the button.

We are automatically assigned a weekly backup window by DigitalOcean We cannot change or customize this. Our backup schedule will be displayed on this page. There will be no backups available for our droplet until our schedule is run.

Using Doctl, DigitalOcean’s command-line client, we can automate the backup setup. To get a list of droplets in our account, run doctl compute droplet list after we’ve been authenticated. Make a note of the ID of the droplet that needs to be configured.

• Setup backups for the droplet next:
  doctl compute droplet-action enable-backups
• After we’ve created backups, use the following command to see a list of them:
  doctl compute droplet backups

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Conclusion

To sum up, our skilled Support Engineers at Bobcares demonstrated how to proceed with a backup droplet in Digitalocean