Export/Import Instance

Exporting Instances:

A feature in the control panel allows you to export an instance to download to your computer, in which you can restore them later on.

• Visit the Control Panel > Minecraft sub-menus.
• Click Export Instance and wait for it to complete, this could take a few minutes, or longer.
• You will get a pop up in the panel with a URL to download your instance file.
  - If for some reason this popup does not show, it will be in your Virtual Server > API Logs in the export complete information.

NOTE: If you do not have enough disk space to copy your server files the export process will fail and the URL generated will produce a "404" error. We would recommend using the File Manager or sFTP to remove excess backups or logs that could be 'inflating' the export size.

The .instance file is a ZIP, it can be opened in any ZIP management program such as 7zip, WinRAR, WinZIP etc.
It contains a complete copy of your Minecraft installation, the world, configs, mods.

Importing Instances:

Instances can be imported to your control panel later on using the Control Panel > Minecraft > Import Instance menu if you decide to re-implement that installation of Minecraft.

Advanced note: You can also upload the .instance file via sFTP, rename it to a .zip and 'wget' via sFTP/SSH, or, use the File Manager to 'extract/decompress' your file.