# Backing up your forum

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/backing-up-your-forum/241690>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [October 12, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backing-up-your-forum/241690 "2022-10-12T11:10:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![maiki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/maiki/32/233950_2.png) [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backing-up-your-forum/241690/4 "2022-10-12T18:01:00Z")

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Keeping backups in an external object storage (S3-compatible) is 💯.

I’ll add and recommend the peace of mind from the practice of downloading backups and occasionally testing them. I even use Discourse to track downloading them (I leave the list of the backups directory as a the message):

 ![Screenshot 2022-10-12 at 10-57-23 💾 talkgroup backup log - talkgroup](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/e/a/6ea0fb979e5976ec553f983e9df4c3b34b78c469.png)

(I now track downloading backups in my family forums, so eventually my kid will be assigned the task. 🤩)

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