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  Laravel Backup Server
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- [ Introduction ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/introduction)
- [ Getting a license ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/getting-a-license)
- [ Installation & setup ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/installation-setup)
- [ Requirements ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/requirements)
- [ Upgrading ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/upgrading)
- [ Questions and issues ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/questions-issues)
- [ Changelog ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/changelog)
- [ About us ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/about-us)
- [ License ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/license)

Taking backups
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- [ Creating a destination ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/taking-backups/creating-a-destination)
- [ Creating a source ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/taking-backups/creating-a-source)
- [ Taking backups ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/taking-backups/taking-backups)
- [ The backup process ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/taking-backups/the-backup-process)
- [ Events ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/taking-backups/events)
- [ Listing sources and destinations ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/taking-backups/listing-sources-and-destinations)
- [ Working with backups ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/taking-backups/working-with-backups)
- [ Creating database backups ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/taking-backups/creating-database-backups)

Cleaning up backups
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- [ The clean up process ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/cleaning-up-backups/the-cleanup-process)
- [ Determining old backups ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/cleaning-up-backups/determining-old-backups)
- [ Events ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/cleaning-up-backups/events)

Monitoring the health of all backups
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- [ The monitoring process ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/monitoring-the-health-of-all-backups/the-monitoring-process)
- [ Checking health of sources ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/monitoring-the-health-of-all-backups/checking-health-of-sources)
- [ Checking health of destinations ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/monitoring-the-health-of-all-backups/checking-health-of-destinations)
- [ Events ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/monitoring-the-health-of-all-backups/events)

Sending notifications
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- [ Sending notifications ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/sending-notifications/sending-notifications)
- [ Adding extra notification channels ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/sending-notifications/adding-extra-notification-channels)
- [ Customizing the notifiable ](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-backup-server/v2/sending-notifications/customizing-the-notifiable)

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 `                                    composer show spatie/laravel-backup-server                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    `

Taking backups
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###  On this page

1. [ Automatically creating backups ](#content-automatically-creating-backups)
2. [ Manually creating a backup ](#content-manually-creating-a-backup)

After you've defined a source and a destination, backups can be created. To learn more about what happens during a backup, read [this page on the backup process](/docs/laravel-backup-server/v1/taking-backups/the-backup-process).

Automatically creating backups
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The most common way to do this is by hourly scheduling the `backup-server:dispatch-backups` command [like shown in the installation instructions](/docs/laravel-backup-server/v1/installation-setup). The backup process for a source will start when the current hour matches the value in the `backup_hour` for that source.

Manually creating a backup
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You can manually create a backup by executing this command.

```
php artisan backup-server:backup
```