# NodeRed Backup Node

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodered-backup-node/55543>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [21 December 2021 22:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodered-backup-node/55543 "2021-12-21T22:34:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Flixm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/flixm/32/17122_2.png) [@Flixm](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Flixm)\
**Post date:** [21 December 2021 22:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodered-backup-node/55543/1 "2021-12-21T22:34:28Z")

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Hi there,

last week i lost my working node red working at my Pi. I had an Backup which is much to old ... old story. So i setup a new system with a "part" of my way too old Backup. The weekend was gone.

My qustion is: Is there a simple Node which creates a Backup of the NodeRed flows. I mean without creating a copy/paste solution of codes which i did not understand cause ... whatever.

Is there a easy solution which i could not find?

Thx in advance

Felix

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**Author:** ![Paul-Reed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/paul-reed/32/66906_2.png) [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)\
**Post date:** [21 December 2021 22:37 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodered-backup-node/55543/2 "2021-12-21T22:37:12Z")

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Have a look at [node-RED Backup Flow](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-backup-flow/25033) which automatically backs up node-RED to Dropbox.  
Simple is not always the best solution...

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**Author:** ![Flixm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/flixm/32/17122_2.png) [@Flixm](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Flixm)\
**Post date:** [21 December 2021 22:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodered-backup-node/55543/3 "2021-12-21T22:50:02Z")

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Wait, i'll do a Backup before testing it. 🙂

So why didn´t you create a Node and put it into the Node-library ?

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [21 December 2021 23:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodered-backup-node/55543/4 "2021-12-21T23:38:45Z")

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Some things are best done with the right tools 🙂

I have 3 scripts that run on a CRON schedule - daily, weekly and monthly backups using rsync. Efficient and effective.

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**Author:** ![ozpos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/278dde/32.png) [@ozpos](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ozpos)\
**Post date:** [22 December 2021 09:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodered-backup-node/55543/5 "2021-12-22T09:16:29Z")

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Another alternative is to run ubuntu with zfs snapshots.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [20 February 2022 09:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/nodered-backup-node/55543/6 "2022-02-20T09:17:25Z")

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