# Forge: Database Backups Now Supported

DevFeed: [Forge: Database Backups Now Supported](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/forge-database-backups-now-supported-3654.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://laravel.com/blog/forge-database-backups-now-supported>)

Author: Taylor Otwell

Published: 2020-02-12T15:18:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Laravel Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/laravel-blog.md>)

Topics: [Databases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databases.md>), [Laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/laravel.md>), [MySQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mysql.md>), [Amazon S3](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-s3.md>), [Digital Ocean](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital-ocean.md>)

Tags: [backups](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backups.md>), [business](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [digitalocean](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digitalocean.md>), [laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/laravel.md>), [launch](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/launch.md>), [mysql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mysql.md>), [new-feature](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/new-feature.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [s3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/s3.md>), [spaces](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spaces.md>), [storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/storage.md>)

## AI overview

Laravel Forge now supports configurable hourly, daily, or weekly backups for MySQL and Postgres databases. Backups are stored in the customer's S3 or DigitalOcean Spaces account, can be downloaded at any time, and can be automatically pruned based on a retention limit. The feature initially applies to Business plan customers.

## Source excerpt

Yesterday we launched an exciting new feature for [Laravel Forge](https://forge.laravel.com): database backups! Laravel team member James Brooks has been working hard on this feature for several weeks...