Configure Backup for a Serverless Instance (Deprecated)
Important
As of February 2025, you can create Flex clusters, and can no longer
create M2 and M5 clusters or Serverless instances in the
Atlas UI, Atlas CLI, Atlas Administration API, Atlas Kubernetes Operator, HashiCorp Terraform,
or Atlas CloudFormation Resources.
You can still use existing M2 and M5 clusters and Serverless instances.
Atlas deprecated M2 and M5 clusters and Serverless instances.
Beginning April 2, 2025, Atlas will automatically migrate all existing
M2 and M5 clusters to Flex clusters.
For Serverless instances, beginning May 5 2025, Atlas will determine whether to migrate instances to Free clusters, Flex clusters, or Dedicated clusters according to your usage. To see which tiers Atlas will migrate your instances to, consult the All Clusters page in the Atlas UI.
Atlas offers the following backup options for Serverless instances:
Option | Description |
|---|---|
Serverless Continuous Backup | Serverless instances are deprecated. You can't create new Serverless instances, but you can still configure their backup. Atlas takes incremental snapshots of the data in your Serverless instance every six hours and lets you restore the data from a selected point in time within the last 72 hours. Atlas also takes daily snapshots and retains these daily snapshots for 35 days. To learn more, see Costs for Serverless Instances (Deprecated). |
Basic Backup | Atlas takes incremental snapshots of the data in your Serverless instance every six hours and retains only the two most recent snapshots. You can use this option for free. |
To modify the backup option for your Serverless instance:
In Atlas, go to the Clusters page for your project.
Warning
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We're currently rolling out a new and improved navigation experience. If the following steps don't match your view in the Atlas UI, see the preview documentation.
If it's not already displayed, select the organization that contains your desired project from the Organizations menu in the navigation bar.
If it's not already displayed, select your desired project from the Projects menu in the navigation bar.
If it's not already displayed, click Clusters in the sidebar.
The Clusters page displays.