{"id":22187,"date":"2025-02-04T18:10:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000281488-how-do-i-create-a-backup-using-the-contabo-backup-space\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T16:49:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T14:49:13","slug":"103000281488-how-do-i-create-a-backup-using-the-contabo-backup-space","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000281488-how-do-i-create-a-backup-using-the-contabo-backup-space\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Create A Backup Using the Contabo Backup Space?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"fd-toc\"><strong dir=\"ltr\">Table of Contents<br \/><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#How-do-I-use-the-Contabo-backup-space-on-Windows\" rel=\"nofollow\">How do I use the Contabo backup space on Windows?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#How-do-I-use-the-Contabo-backup-space-on-Linux\" rel=\"nofollow\">How do I use the Contabo backup space on Linux?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Things-to-know-about-the-Contabo-backup-space:\" rel=\"nofollow\">Things to know about the Contabo backup space:<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" id=\"\"><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" id=\"How-do-I-use-the-Contabo-backup-space-on-Windows?\"><strong>How do I use the Contabo backup space on Windows?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>For Windows a third party application such as Filezilla can be used to connect to the Contabo backup space.&nbsp;<\/strong>You can follow the steps below to setup a connection with Filezilla:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open Filezilla.<\/li>\n<li>Connect to the Contabo backup space with the following options:<strong><br \/><\/strong><em dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Host: backup.contabo.net<br \/>Username:<br \/>Password:<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li>You should now be connected and can transfer any data you want to backup to the Contabo backup space.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" id=\"How-do-I-use-the-Contabo-backup-space-on-Linux?\"><strong>How do I use the Contabo backup space on Linux?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On Linux, you can use an FTP client to connect to the Contabo backup space. Almost any FTP client can be used, but we recommend using lftp, which supports encryption over FTP.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on your distribution, you can easily install the necessary package, with the following command;<\/p>\n<pre dir=\"ltr\">apt-get install lftp .&nbsp;<\/pre>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Also, for the best performance when transferring data, we recommend creating an archive, e.g.<\/p>\n<pre dir=\"ltr\">tar -czf backup.tar.gz \/home\/File_1 \/home\/File_2 <code dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>You can follow the steps below to connect to the Contabo backup space on Linux using lftp:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">If you&rsquo;re not sure about your admin rights, always enter the command sudo -i at the beginning of every session:\n<pre><code><code>sudo -i<\/code><\/code><code>&nbsp;<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Use the following commands to connect to the Contabo backup space:\n<pre>:~# lftp\nlftp :~&gt; set ftp:ssl-force true\nlftp :~&gt; set ssl:verify-certificate no\nlftp :~&gt; connect backup.contabo.net\nlftp backup.contabo.net:~&gt; login &lt;Username&gt;\nPassword:<code dir=\"ltr\">\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">You are now successfully connected to the backup space, create a directory with the following command:\n<pre>mkdir backups<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Next you can move to the contabo backup space with the following command:\n<pre>cd backups<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Finally you can upload your backup with the following command:\n<pre>put \/path_to_file\/backup.tar.gz <\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" id=\"Things-to-know-about-the-Contabo-backup-space:\"><strong>Things to know about the Contabo backup space:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Please note that a connection to our backup space can only be established within a Contabo data center.<\/strong> Therefore, a connection is only possible between your server and the backup server, both must be located in a Contabo datacenter.<\/p>\n<p>You will also need to configure the Contabo DNS resolvers, these resolvers are configured by default in each installation &#8211; if you have changed anything and need help setting them up, please contact Contabo Support.<\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"503\" dir=\"ltr\"><br data-identifyelement=\"499\"><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"504\" dir=\"ltr\">You can raise a ticket with the customer support team via the <u><a href=\"https:\/\/contabo.freshdesk.com\/en\/support\/home\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/my.contabo.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Customer Control Panel here<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" id=\"-1\"><\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ast-load-more active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.contabo.com\/en\/support\/solutions\/articles\/103000281488-how-do-i-create-a-backup-using-the-contabo-backup-space-\" rel=\"nofollow\">Details&#8230;<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents How do I use the Contabo backup space on Windows? How do I use the Contabo backup space on Linux? Things to know about the Contabo backup space: How do I use the Contabo backup space on Windows? 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