Features

Backups

Snapshot, download, upload and restore world backups

The Backups tab snapshots a server's world volume to a compressed tarball — and restores it later with one click.

Here's the Backups tab running with demo data — try creating, restoring and deleting backups:

World backups

Snapshots of the world volume, stored on the mcsm-backups volume. demo data

No backups yet.

Backups snapshot the whole world volume and can be restored at any time.

Create a backup

Click Create backup (with an optional label) and MCSM tars the entire world volume — world data, player data, server configs and installed mods. Each backup shows its size and creation time.

Restore a backup

Restore stops the server, unpacks the chosen backup over the world volume and starts the server again. Use it to roll back griefing, failed mod installs or corrupted chunks.

Restoring replaces the current world with the backup's contents. Create a fresh backup first if you might want to come back.

Move worlds in and out

  • Download any backup as a .tar.gz to your machine — your worlds are never locked into MCSM.
  • Upload a backup to bring a world in from another setup, or to seed a new server with an existing world.

Where backups live

Backups are stored on a dedicated mcsm-backups Docker volume, separate from the world volumes. MCSM performs all tar/untar work through disposable helper containers, so it works even when the Docker socket is behind a restricted proxy with no exec access.

Next steps

  • Schedule-conscious? Watch the Analytics tab to find low-traffic hours for backups and restarts.
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