Download Backups

Learn how to download your GitHub repository backups from Cloudback to your local machine, including handling password-protected archives.

Cloudback allows you to download backups of your repositories to your local machine. This page will guide you through the process of downloading backups of your repositories.

Downloading a Backup

To download a backup of your repository:

1. Open Cloudback Dashboard and navigate to the repository details page for the repository you want to download a backup for.

2. Open the Backups tab.

3. Locate the backup you want to download and click the Download icon to start the download.

Download backup from backups list

Backup Download Dialog

After clicking the Download icon, a dialog will appear with the download link for the backup. Click the Download button to start the download:

Backup download dialog

Password-Protected Archives

If the backup is password-protected, you will receive an email with the password to unlock the archive. Enter the password when prompted to extract the contents of the archive.

Email with backup archive password

What if the backup archive file is deleted?

There are a few situations when we could not download a backup archive:

• The archive file has been removed from the storage

• The archive file has been moved to another location

• The storage is not available or is not accessible

In any of these cases, you will get the File not found notification.

Learn More

• GitHub Backup Contents

• Password-Protected Archives

• Archive Name Pattern

• Customer Managed Storages