Automatically snapshot and rotate backups of your cloud servers daily

Every night your servers are automatically backed up, with older backups cleaned up so storage never piles up.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; runs once per each cloud server.

Pattern: Multiple Instances without Synchronization (12) · Exclusive Choice (4) · Simple Merge (5)

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Starts itA stepRuns once per itemOne path onlyPaths rejoinResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
General Automation
Connects
Contabo

The problem it solves

If your team is manually creating and deleting server backups, it is easy to forget a day or let old snapshots pile up and cost you money. A missed backup right before something goes wrong can mean losing real work.

Who it fits

Businesses running their own cloud servers who need reliable, hands-off backups.

How it works

  1. Every day at a set time, the system checks each server for existing backups
  2. If an old backup exists, it is removed to make room
  3. A fresh snapshot is created and named with the date
  4. Your servers stay backed up daily without anyone lifting a finger
What you get

Backups that are already there the day you need them

Your cloud servers get a fresh nightly snapshot with old backups cleared out so storage never piles up.

What you get

A daily, dated snapshot of each server, with old backups automatically cleared out.

What you need

A Contabo hosting account with API access enabled.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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