Backing Up ARDI

You can backup your ARDI installation by going to the Administration page (via the sidebar) and hitting 'Backup Database'.

You will be given a few options for components you might want to back up. For the largest but most complete backup, make sure that every option is checked.

This will include all of your media, your symbols, 3D model, skins and the database itself, so even compressed it may be quite large.

NOTE - To restore backups taken using this method requires a fully-working ARDI system to be installed, which takes time and resources to set up. Our preferred method of creating a backup is to create a 'Bare Metal' backup by taking a snapshot of your virtual machine image. Instructions on how to do this will be found within your NAS, hypervisor or cloud hosting solution.

The backup page also offers the Backup Installed Modules button.

This button is used to backup some of the server-wide ARDI components, such as drivers and addons.

Generally speaking, these files don't change often - they will only need to be backed up when new drivers and addons are installed.

These modules can not be restored using the Restore button in ARDI. If you wish to restore these files to a different ARDI server, you'll need to unzip them directly into the ARDI installation directory.