Site Backup and Restore
When setting up your Confluence site, it's important to consider how you will back up your data, and restore it, if things go wrong.
Recommended backup strategy
Having a robust backup strategy for your Confluence site is essential. You should back up your database, install directory, and home directories (including attachments) on a regular basis, using the database administration and/or backup tool of your choice.
See Production Backup Strategy for more information.
Scheduled XML backup
Confluence provides a scheduled XML backup option, which backs up your site by performing a full site XML export each day. This method can be useful for small sites, test sites, or in addition to your database and directory backups. We don't recommend you rely solely on this backup method for your production site.
See Configuring Backups to find out more about the scheduled XML backup, including how to disable this backup, or change how often this job runs.
If you have a Confluence Data Center license, the scheduled XML backup is disabled by default.
Manual XML backup
You can manually create an XML site backup at any time.
Restoring your site from a backup
In the event do you need to restore your site from a backup, the way you do this depends on your backup method.
- See Restoring Data from other Backups for tips on how to restore Confluence from a database backup.
- See Restoring a Site to find out how to import data from an XML site export file into an existing Confluence site.
Migrate to Confluence Cloud
If you're migrating from Confluence Server to Confluence Cloud, you can use the Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant to migrate your content and spaces.