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CurseForge · Hytale mod

Server Backup

Automatic zipped backups of your server world on a timer, with retention and a final backup on shutdown. /serverbackup now, list, status.

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Which Server Backup release should I use?

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Where it goes

Where should Server Backup be installed in Hytale?

Do not install it as a separate client mod. Enable it on the world host—the local server in singleplayer or the dedicated server in multiplayer.

Separate client mod Not supported
World host / dedicated server Required
Mod system for this release Built-in Hytale mod system
Required install it here Optional supported, not mandatory Not supported do not install here Source doesn’t say do not assume

Put Hytale mods on the world host or dedicated server. Singleplayer runs a local server too; Hytale does not use separate client mods.

Read the Hytale installation guide

What else does Server Backup need?

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This file does not give us a dependency list. Check the creator notes before installing.

This file does not list any required or optional project dependencies. Check the creator notes before changing an existing world.

Before you install it

Add Server Backup without breaking your instance.

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    Bring the mods it needs

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    Enable it on the world host

    Do not install it as a separate client mod. Enable it on the world host—the local server in singleplayer or the dedicated server in multiplayer.

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About this project

What does Server Backup add?

Server Backup

Automatic zipped backups of the server's world data, with retention. The thing every server owner sets up on day one. Server-side only.

Features

  • Zips the server's universe folder (worlds, player data, universe resources) every N minutes (default 60) into backup-YYYYMMDD-HHmmss.zip.
  • Keeps only the newest keep archives (default 10); older ones are deleted after each run.
  • Finds the real universe folder from the running server, so a custom --universe path is picked up automatically; sourceDir overrides it.
  • Skips the timer run when nobody is online and nothing changed since the last backup, so an idle server does not fill the disk with identical archives.
  • Tells online players "Backup starting..." and "Backup done (12.3 MB, 4.1 s)"; prefix and colour are configurable.
  • Runs one final backup on server shutdown (after letting a running one finish).
  • Live-safe: files that vanish or are being written mid-walk are retried once, then skipped and counted, never aborting the archive. Archives are written as .part and renamed when complete.
  • /serverbackup now starts a backup, /serverbackup list shows the newest ten with sizes, /serverbackup status shows the last run, next run and archive count. Alias /sbackup. Operator-only.

Why not /backup? The Hytale server reserves that name for its own --backup command-line option. Server Backup works without any server flags and can run alongside it.

Settings

serverbackup.properties in the mod's data directory (created on first start):

Key Default Meaning
intervalMinutes 60 Minutes between timer backups; 0 = manual only (/serverbackup now and the shutdown backup still work)
keep 10 How many newest archives to keep; older ones are deleted after each run (minimum 1)
targetDir backups Where archives go; relative paths are inside the mod's data directory
sourceDir (empty) Folder to archive, relative to the server working directory; empty = the running server's universe folder
onlyWhenPlayersOnline true Skip a timer backup when nobody is online and no file changed since the last backup
announce true Broadcast start / done / failed lines to online players
backupOnShutdown true Run one final backup when the server shuts down
prefix [Backup] Text in front of every announcement; empty for none
color #55FF55 Announcement colour

The server log records every run at INFO: source, archive path, size, file count, duration and how many old archives were pruned.

Restore: stop the server, unzip the archive next to the server jar (it contains the universe/ folder), start the server.

Install: drop the jar into the server's mods/ folder and restart. Licence: MIT.

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Project description from CurseForge.

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