# Weaviate cloud backup to file system

**URL:** <https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-cloud-backup-to-file-system/2414>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 22, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-cloud-backup-to-file-system/2414 "2024-05-22T05:35:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Bill\_R](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/bill_r/32/1555_2.png) [@Bill\_R](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Bill_R)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-cloud-backup-to-file-system/2414/1 "2024-05-22T05:35:49Z")

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### Description

What is the procedure to backup my set of collections when using Weaviate cloud?  
It was unclear from reviewing

> **[Backups | Weaviate Documentation](https://docs.weaviate.io/deploy/configuration/backups)**
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> Weaviate's Backup feature is designed to work natively with cloud technology. Most notably, it allows:

### Server Setup Information

- Weaviate Server Version:
- Deployment Method: Cloud
- Multi Node? No
- Client Language and Version:

### Any additional Information

NA

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**Author:** ![DudaNogueira](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/dudanogueira/32/7846_2.png) [@DudaNogueira](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/DudaNogueira)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-cloud-backup-to-file-system/2414/2 "2024-05-22T08:26:32Z")

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hi @Bill_R ! Welcome to our community! 🤗

All cluster running in our Cloud are automatically backed up.

You don’t need to worry about it. We got you covered 🙂

Let me know if this helps!

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Bill\_R](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/bill_r/32/1555_2.png) [@Bill\_R](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Bill_R)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-cloud-backup-to-file-system/2414/3 "2024-05-22T16:08:07Z")

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Thanks Duda, It is nice that the cloud content is automatically backed up.  
We need a way to archive the data outside of Weaviate so that we  
can support tutorials for example that others can run through using their own cluster. That requires the importing step as well of course. The datasets are not going to be large. We require them to be versioned in our own source code world too.

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**Author:** ![DudaNogueira](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/dudanogueira/32/7846_2.png) [@DudaNogueira](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/DudaNogueira)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-cloud-backup-to-file-system/2414/4 "2024-05-23T08:20:45Z")

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Hi Bill!

Understood. On that case, The best option is to have a script to import and export that dataset, where you can version the export.

By default, we do not expose those backups outside. You can call the backup command, and a new backup is generated.

Also, you can remove all your collections and then restore. But there isn’t a way, as of now, to download your backup from our cloud service.

Let me know if this helps!

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Tejas\_Sharma](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/tejas_sharma/32/2086_2.png) [@Tejas\_Sharma](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/Tejas_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/weaviate-cloud-backup-to-file-system/2414/5 "2024-12-17T11:31:52Z")

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Hey @DudaNogueira going off of this, so if I have a cluster in the cloud, Weaviate automatically backs this up?

Let’s say I need to backup to a version 2 days ago or an hour ago, etc., how can we do this?