# What are the most basic but reliable ways to ensure a Discourse forum can always be recovered?

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**Created:** [October 3, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-most-basic-but-reliable-ways-to-ensure-a-discourse-forum-can-always-be-recovered/413848 "2026-10-03T13:04:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Editor0732](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/editor0732/32/492698_2.png) [@Editor0732](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Editor0732)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-most-basic-but-reliable-ways-to-ensure-a-discourse-forum-can-always-be-recovered/413848/9 "2026-10-04T03:39:53Z")

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I currently perform a backup once a day and upload it.

The database is backed up using Discourse’s built-in backup feature, while the original images are backed up incrementally every day using restic.

Everything is uploaded to a cloud storage service, but the current drawback is that it only uploads to a single provider. Ideally, we should upload to multiple cloud storage services in the future.

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