# Backup and Restore

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Your email marketing software comes entirely self-contained inside of the edcom-install directory, making backups a breeze. 
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**Backing up your platform**

Change directory to your installation and bring it down:

`cd /root/edcom-install` 

`docker compose down`

Make a copy of your edcom-install directory using the usual methods such as a tar file, scp, cloud backup software like SpiderOak, an external volume, etc. 

Once your backup is finished, bring it back up by running the following command in the edcom-install directory:

`./restart.sh`

**Restore from backup**

To restore from backup:

1. Make sure Docker is installed on the server following the [installation instructions](https://docs.emaildelivery.com/docs/install/advanced-installation).
2. Simply unpack your backed up edcom-install directory onto your server somewhere.
3. Change directory to your installation, i.e. `cd /root/edcom-install` and run:

`./restart.sh`

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User data resides under **edcom-install/data** and **edom-install/config.** If you only back up those two directories you should also be able to do a complete restore at a later date by unpacking the latest installation archive and copying those directories into it afterward.
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