--- layout: article title: Backing Up Libretime category: admin --- > At the moment, there is not a way to automatically restore a Libretime backup. > To restore a failed Libretime instance, install a fresh copy, go through the > standard setup process, and reupload the backed-up media files. A _Watched Folders_ > feature is [currently in development](https://github.com/LibreTime/libretime/issues/70). A backup script is supplied for your convenience in the _utils/_ folder of the Libretime repo. Run it using: ``` sudo bash libretime-backup.sh # backs up to user's home folder # or sudo bash libretime-backup.sh /backupdir/ ``` The backup process can be automated with Cron. Simply add the following to the root user's crontab with `sudo crontab -e`: ``` 0 0 1 * * /locationoflibretimerepo/libretime/backup.sh ``` > For more information on how Cron works, check out [this Redhat guide](https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/automate-linux-tasks-cron). If you wish to deploy your own backup solution, the following files and folders need to be backed up. ``` /srv /airtime /stor /imported - Successfully imported media /organize - A temporary holding place for uploaded media as the importer works /etc /airtime airtime.conf - The main Libretime configuration icecast_pass - Holds the password for the Icecast server liquidsoap.cfg - The main configuration file for Liquidsoap ``` In addition, you should keep a copy of the database current to the backup. The below code can be used to export the Libretime database to a file. ``` sudo -u postgres pg_dumpall filename # or to a zipped archive sudo -u postgres pg_dumpall | gzip -c > archivename.gz ``` It is recommended to use an incremental backup technique to synchronize the your LibreTime track library with a backup server regularly. (If the backup server also contains an LibreTime installation, it should be possible to switch playout to this second machine relatively quickly, in case of a hardware failure or other emergency on the production server.) Two notible backup tools are [rsync](http://rsync.samba.org/) (without version control) and [rdiff-backup](http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/) (with version control). _rsync_ comes preinstalled with Ubuntu Server. > **Note:** Standard _rsync_ backups, which are used by the backup script, cannot restore files deleted in the backup itself