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title: Backup & Restore
category: usage
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You can use [FTP](/docs/usage/ftp/) to perform backup and restore operations.

## Before you Begin

Make sure your PocketHost instance status is [idle](/docs/usage/instances/#on-demand-execution).

## Backing Up

## Restoring

## Synchronizing

- [SO article about using lftp to sync](https://askubuntu.com/questions/758640/how-to-automatically-sync-the-contents-of-a-local-folder-with-the-contents-of-a)