# All flows have disappeared on AWS hosted system

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/all-flows-have-disappeared-on-aws-hosted-system/83569>\
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**Created:** [10 December 2023 10:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/all-flows-have-disappeared-on-aws-hosted-system/83569 "2023-12-10T10:02:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [10 December 2023 10:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/all-flows-have-disappeared-on-aws-hosted-system/83569/2 "2023-12-10T10:30:17Z")

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How do you expose your AWS Ubuntu instance to the internet?

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> [@All flows gone after fresh install](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/all-flows-gone-after-fresh-install/82476/1):
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> Hello, i did a search first , but didnt find the answer. I was trying to setup a reverse proxy and all of a sudden my flows where deleted. I did a fresh install of OS, reinstalled nodered and mqtt. made sure all updates where done imported my back up and insured i had all the proper nodes inplace and re set up. i came in today and noticed i had no dashboard so i went into the editor. and there is no flows again. how do i see if there is a conflict causing my flows to be erased or what is c…

> [@Flows disappear after a few hours!](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flows-disappear-after-a-few-hours/82458):
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> I'm very bad at this. Have managed to install Node-Red and a MQTT on my ROCK 4 SE card with Debian 11. The installation took place in January 2023. Got nice Flows connected to my IOTs. Everything has worked great until now. My Flows just disappeared. Putting them back, import and then after about 24 hours they are gone again. Nothing else stops working but only Flows in Node-Red disappear. Node-Red works fine but is missing all my constructed Flows. Tried to search and read and somewhere they…

As for recovery. Does AWS do backups or snapshots for instances?

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