# Backup using Synology Hyperbackup and Snapshots? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [February 8, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/backup-using-synology-hyperbackup-and-snapshots/4420 "2025-02-08T16:54:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![top.book7226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@top.book7226](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/top.book7226)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/backup-using-synology-hyperbackup-and-snapshots/4420/1 "2025-02-08T16:54:35Z")
I’m running Vaultwarden on my Synology NAS in a docker container. Each night I backup the entire docker folder using HyperBackup. I also take snapshots throughout the day. I assume I can just restore one of these if something goes wrong, or do I need to do a database backup? I also export my vault about once a month and save it as a secondary backup. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Mr.Blonde](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/Mr.Blonde)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 9:25am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/backup-using-synology-hyperbackup-and-snapshots/4420/2 "2025-02-10T09:25:43Z")
I don’t do the snapshots but i also backup the full folders and was wondering if i can restore with this setup. ---
**Author:** ![Darkk69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Darkk69](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/Darkk69)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/backup-using-synology-hyperbackup-and-snapshots/4420/3 "2025-02-11T03:50:02Z")
I would test the restore from those snapshots. It should work just fine. I’m using ProxMox and the snapshots works perfectly. Although I am using sqlite3 backups just in case. I would export the vault first before testing the snapshots. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Mr.Blonde](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/Mr.Blonde)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 8:52am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/backup-using-synology-hyperbackup-and-snapshots/4420/4 "2025-02-11T08:52:32Z")
@Darkk69 and @top.book7226 why would you want snapshots? Do you have so many changes that you need these? I can easily do with 1 nightly off-side backup. ---
**Author:** ![Darkk69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Darkk69](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/Darkk69)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/backup-using-synology-hyperbackup-and-snapshots/4420/5 "2025-02-11T15:42:22Z")
I do full back up of the VM every night. I only use snapshots during upgrades. I also have a cron job that backup the sqlite3 database every so often. They get sync’d to backblaze via rclone. ---
**Author:** ![juanbretti](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/juanbretti/32/959_2.png) [@juanbretti](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/juanbretti)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 7:59am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/backup-using-synology-hyperbackup-and-snapshots/4420/6 "2025-02-14T07:59:19Z")
In the past I had used Synology Snapshots to restore my Vaultwarden database, and work without any issues. As @Darkk69 , I do have Synology HyperBackup (to an external USB drive, and using rclone to OneDrive), and Synology Snapshots. ---
**Author:** ![windracer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/windracer/32/1646_2.png) [@windracer](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/windracer)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/backup-using-synology-hyperbackup-and-snapshots/4420/7 "2025-02-14T18:46:30Z")
I, too, use HyperBackup to back up the container daily. I also have a separate scheduled script to make an additional backup of the MariaDB database _and_ a backup job in iDrive that backs everything up to my cloud backups daily. So two belts + suspenders. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![top.book7226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@top.book7226](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/top.book7226)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/backup-using-synology-hyperbackup-and-snapshots/4420/8 "2025-02-16T14:37:26Z")
I don’t have that many changes in my vault, but I do make changes on my other files. So I’m running a snapshot anyway, so I just include the docker folder. I’ve got plenty of hard drive space. Snapshot have saved my bacon more than once! And restoring a snapshot is super fast.