# Configure automatic backups for Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-automatic-backups-for-discourse/14855>\
**Category:** Self-Hosting\
**Tags:** backups, how-to\
**Created:** [April 18, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-automatic-backups-for-discourse/14855 "2014-04-18T06:21:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-automatic-backups-for-discourse/14855/103 "2021-01-04T22:41:22Z")

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> [@pfaffman](#):
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> Is there a good reason not to make daily backups aren’t the default?

It’d be overkill and expensive. Same reason we don’t recommend changing the oil in your car every 500 miles?

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