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title: 'Video: How to Back Up and Restore Your Access Server'
canonical: https://openvpn.net/as-docs/v3/videos/video--backup-and-restore/
product: Access Server Docs
description: Watch a video on backing up and restoring your Access Server configuration. It's important to safeguard your server's configuration database.
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# Video: How to Back Up and Restore Your Access Server

This video demonstrates how to back up and restore your Access Server configuration database, which includes vital components such as log reports, user properties, and essential certificates for VPN and web interface operations.

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| **Date published:** | Sep 11, 2025 |
| **Functionality covered:** | We'll walk you through the step-by-step process of creating backup files, ensuring you can handle server migrations or recover swiftly from unexpected server downtimes. |
| **Description** | Back up Access Server configurations. Restore users, groups, and access controls to a new server. Best practices for managing backups and server migrations. |
| **Access Server version** | 3.0.0 |
| **Length** | 06:59 |

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Prev: [Configuration & Maintenance](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/v3/videos/configuration---maintenance.md)
Next: [Video: How to Configure Domain Routing in Access Server](https://openvpn.net/as-docs/v3/videos/video--domain-routing-configuration-in-access-server.md)
Index: https://openvpn.net/as-docs/llms.txt