# Automated Backups **URL:** \ **Category:** Discussion\ **Created:** [December 9, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/automated-backups/887 "2023-12-09T23:39:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![Jesse](https://community.start9.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@Jesse](https://community.start9.com/u/Jesse)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://community.start9.com/t/automated-backups/887/7 "2026-08-22T03:18:26Z")
The current version does not support scheduled automatic backups out of the box. Last I heard, they are planned for v0.4.1. It is possible if you SSH into your StartOS server to use the start-cli commands to trigger encrypted backups . If you schedule that command to occur with cron, it can occur fully automated. I created a [guide](https://community.start9.com/t/guide-automating-backups-on-startos-requires-ssh/3551/4) to do just this. But this was not particularly secure. It exposed your password more than needed. I just posted an updated [guide](https://community.start9.com/t/guide-updated-automating-backups-on-startos-0-4-0-advanced/5620/1) that helps with hiding your password and also discusses a more advanced approach where you do daily, weekly, and monthly backups. For my personal use, I created an [admin tools utility](https://github.com/JesseMarkowitz/admintools-startos) to help me automate additional checks on my StartOS server and to alert me about startOS Notifications and if my StartOS server has become unreachable. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.start9.com/t/automated-backups/887)._