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+title: "Backups"
+date: 2023-01-17T19:38:39-03:00
+draft: false
+weight: 3
+summary: Backup your YAMS configuration.
+---
+
+Your YAMS configuration is located in your install location.
+
+## Create a backup
+
+For the purposes of this tutorial, I'll assume your YAMS install directory is `/opt/yams`, and that you want to create a backup on your `~` directory.
+
+First, go to the YAMS install directory and do a `ls`. You should see the `config` folder right there:
+
+```bash
+$ cd /opt/yams/
+/opt/yams$ ls
+
+# Output
+config  docker-compose.yaml
+```
+
+To create a backup, just run:
+
+```bash
+/opt/yams/config$ tar -czvf ~/yams-backup.tar.gz config/*
+```
+
+`tar` is going to compress and create a `.tar.gz` file called `yams-backup.tar.gz` on the `~` directory.
+
+Remember you should store your backups in a secure location!
+
+## Restore a backup
+
+For the purposes of this tutorial, I'll assume your YAMS install directory is `/opt/yams`, and that the backup is located in `~/yams-backup.tar.gz`.
+
+To restore a backup, first stop YAMS:
+
+```bash
+$ yams stop
+```
+
+Then, go to your YAMS install directory and delete everything inside the `config` folder.
+
+```bash
+$ cd /opt/yams
+/opt/yams$ rm -r config/*
+```
+
+Now, untar the backup file on your YAMS install directory.
+
+```bash
+/opt/yams$ tar -xzvf ~/yams-backup.tar.gz
+```
+
+If you see all the folders inside the `config` directory, it means it worked!
+
+```bash
+/opt/yams$ ls config
+
+# Output
+bazarr  emby  gluetun  jackett  qbittorrent  radarr  sonarr
+```
+
+Finally, restart YAMS
+
+```bash
+/opt/yams$ yams start
+```
+
+Everything should be running as expected, with your backup up and running!