Export/Import Instance

Exporting Instances:

A feature in the control panel allows you to export an instance to download to your computer, in which you can restore them later on.

• Visit the Control Panel > Minecraft sub-menus.
• Click Export Instance and wait for it to complete, this could take a few minutes, or longer.
• You will get a pop up in the panel with a URL to download your instance file.
  - If for some reason this popup does not show, it will be in your Virtual Server > API Logs in the export complete information.

NOTE: If you do not have enough disk space to copy your server files the export process will fail and the URL generated will produce a "404" error. We would recommend using the File Manager or sFTP to remove excess backups or logs that could be 'inflating' the export size.

The .instance file is a ZIP, it can be opened in any ZIP management program such as 7zip, WinRAR, WinZIP etc.
It contains a complete copy of your Minecraft installation, the world, configs, mods.

Importing Instances:

Instances on the new panel can be imported via the "Create Instance" option, this menu will popup a dialog containing the clickable "I want to import an instance" option. The "I want to import an instance" option will allow you to enter the URL to your instances .instance or CurseForge .zip file.

 

Legacy panel importing:

Instances can be imported to your control panel later on using the Control Panel > Minecraft > Import Instance menu if you decide to re-implement that installation of Minecraft.

Advanced note: You can also upload the .instance file via sFTP, rename it to a .zip and 'wget' via sFTP/SSH,SSH, or, use the File Manager to 'extract/decompress' your file.