Automatic Backups to Google Drive with DriveBackupV2

Why Off-Site Backups

The panel's local backups are convenient but live on the same machine as the server. Disk dies, both die. Off-site backups to Google Drive (or S3, FTP, Dropbox) survive everything short of you losing the Google account itself.

Install DriveBackupV2

1. 1Drop DriveBackupV2.jar into /plugins/
2. 2Start the server, it generates /plugins/DriveBackupV2/config.yml

Authenticate Google Drive

1. 1In game (or console) run /drivebackup linkaccount googledrive
2. 2The plugin prints a one-time URL and a code
3. 3Open the URL → log into Google → paste the code
4. 4Console confirms link

Configure The Schedule

Edit /plugins/DriveBackupV2/config.yml:

delay: 60                # minutes between backups
keep-count: 24           # keep last 24 backups, prune older
backup-list:
  - path: "world"
  - path: "world_nether"
  - path: "world_the_end"
  - path: "plugins"
schedule:
  enabled: true
  days: [monday, wednesday, friday, sunday]
  time: "04:00"

Reload: /drivebackup reloadconfig

What Gets Uploaded

DriveBackupV2 compresses each path into a .zip and uploads to your Drive. By default it includes:

• World folders
• Plugin folders (configs, SQL flat-files)
• Whatever else you add to backup-list

Restoring

1. 1Download the zip from Drive
2. 2Stop the server
3. 3Replace the relevant folder via SFTP
4. 4Start

Recommended Pairings

• Use Drive plus a second backend (S3 / FTP) for redundancy. Configure both in config.yml
• Set backup-thread-priority low if you see TPS dips during the backup window
• Schedule for off-peak hours

Need More Help?

Backup failing with 403 quotaExceeded? Your Drive is full or hitting per-day upload caps. Free up space or add a second backend. Ask in Discord.