# Automate Flow Backup

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/automate-flow-backup/3718>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [5 October 2018 16:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/automate-flow-backup/3718 "2018-10-05T16:09:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![cflurin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cflurin/32/29_2.png) [@cflurin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cflurin)\
**Post date:** [3 November 2019 08:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/automate-flow-backup/3718/8 "2019-11-03T08:50:04Z")

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I use the `dsm` node for the flow backup, including the context files.  
It builds a zip file `yyy-mm-ddThhmmss_nr.zip`, which is sent to dropbox.

> **[cflurin/node-red-contrib-dsm](https://github.com/cflurin/node-red-contrib-dsm/wiki/Backup)**
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> A dynamic state machine node based on the Finite state machine. - cflurin/node-red-contrib-dsm

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