# Project backup files

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-backup-files/2243>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 5, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-backup-files/2243 "2010-10-05T20:09:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![alex.ferrell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@alex.ferrell](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alex.ferrell)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-backup-files/2243/1 "2010-10-05T20:09:13Z")

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Is there any place that the gateway is automatically backed up? We were working on a project and we restored a different gateway from an old project to reference something. We forgot to backup our new gateway and now it looks like all our current design work is gone. Any help would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Colby.Clegg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/colby.clegg/32/3282_2.png) [@Colby.Clegg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Colby.Clegg)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-backup-files/2243/2 "2010-10-05T20:29:21Z")

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Yes, look under “{Install Dir}\contexts\main\db\autobackup”. It creates an automatic backup on restore, as well as every few minutes after a change has been made.

Regards,

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**Author:** ![alex.ferrell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@alex.ferrell](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alex.ferrell)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-backup-files/2243/3 "2010-10-05T20:39:08Z")

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We found some \*.tar.gz archive files that look like auto-backups. What do we do with these files to restore the gateway?

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**Author:** ![Colby.Clegg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/colby.clegg/32/3282_2.png) [@Colby.Clegg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Colby.Clegg)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-backup-files/2243/4 "2010-10-05T21:49:11Z")

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I just replied to your colleague [here](http://www.inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=5643). Basically, just replace the files in the “db” folder with the files in that tar.

Regards,

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**Author:** ![alex.ferrell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@alex.ferrell](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/alex.ferrell)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-backup-files/2243/5 "2010-10-05T23:04:03Z")

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Awesome! Thank you very much. That is a great feature.

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/project-backup-files/2243/6 "2010-10-15T23:04:49Z")

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An even better idea for the future would be to turn on the [scheduled backups](http://www.inductiveautomation.com/support/usermanuals/ignition/index.html?basic_gateway_settings.htm) feature.