Backups - Guides
Fully managed automatic daily, weekly, and biweekly backups of your Linode Compute Instances.
Basics
These introductory guides help get you up and running with Linode’s Backup Service.
Enable the Backup Service: Use the Cloud Manager to enable the Backup Service.
Schedule Backups: Configure when automatic backups are initiated.
Take a Manual Snapshot: You can make manual backups, or snapshots of your Linode.
Restore a Backup to a New Linode: Restore a backup to a new Linode.
Restore a Backup to an Existing Linode: Restore a backup to an existing Linode.
Boot from a Backup: After restoring from a backup, boot into the backup restoration disk/configuration.
Cancel the Backup Service: Cancel the Backups Service through the Cloud Manager.
Going Further
Troubleshooting Backups: Get solutions for issues you may encounter when using our Backup service.
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