How do I export my Faaaster site?
The site's Tools tab, Backup & migration section, offers Export files — "Download your site files". Click Export, then Launch the export: the preparation starts.
Exporting
- Open the site, Tools tab.
- Backup & migration section, Export files row.
- Click Export: the Export files window opens.
- Click Launch the export. The Logs field tracks the preparation.
- Once the export is ready, click Download files and Download database.
When should you export?
- Before archiving a site — archiving deletes all backups.
- To keep a copy outside Faaaster.
- To migrate the site to another host.
Files and database
The export produces two separate downloads — Download files and Download database. Despite its label, "Export files", the row therefore also exports your database.
Once the export is complete, you can run it again with Launch a new export.
Both archives have an explicit name: …-fichiers.tar.gz and …-base-de-donnees.sql.gz.
How long does the export remain available?
Each download link is valid for 24 hours. After that, it expires.
The History button, next to Export, lists your latest exports with their status (Completed, In progress, Failed). Open a completed export, then click Prepare downloads: new Files and Database links are generated. If the files of that export are no longer available, run a new export.
An export's files remain available for 7 days, and each download link is valid for 24 hours. During those 7 days, History lets you generate new links; after that, run a new export.
Download the archive as soon as it's ready. It's the only way to keep a lasting copy.
This is also what makes an export better than a backup for long-term archiving: once the file is on your side, it no longer expires, whereas Faaaster backups are deleted as they rotate and the archive of a cancelled site is only guaranteed for 30 days.
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Updated on: 10/03/2026
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