How to Create a Backup of Your Quake Live Server

Quake Live does not store a game world or any progress — every round starts fresh. What matters on your server are therefore the configuration files: your server settings, the admin list, the map pool, the Workshop content and your own factories. Those are exactly the files a backup preserves.

When should you create a backup?

• Before changing server.cfg
• Before changing the admin list or the map pool
• Before adjusting or replacing your own factories
• Before updating the server version
• At regular intervals so you always have a safe state to return to

Create a backup

You can find the exact process for creating, managing and restoring a backup in the general guide: Create Backup.

Files worth backing up

/baseq3/server.cfg                <- server configuration
/baseq3/access.txt                <- admins, moderators and bans
/baseq3/mappool.txt               <- maps and factories of the map pool
/baseq3/workshop.txt              <- item IDs from the Steam Workshop
/baseq3/scripts/                  <- custom factories (.factories)

Note

The baseq3 directory sits in the main directory of your server, so the full path is /home/container/baseq3/. You can also download individual files to your PC at any time via SFTP.

Caution

Stop your server before creating or restoring a backup. access.txt is rewritten by the server before every map load — a backup taken during operation can therefore contain an outdated state, and a restored file would be overwritten on the next map change.

Tip

Lock important backups (e.g. before major changes) so they cannot be overwritten by automatic backups. Also download especially important backups to your PC in case your backup limit is reached.

Info

Automatic backups as well as restarts can be requested free of charge via a support ticket. The "Scheduled Tasks" feature is currently in development and will be released this year.