# Creating site backup when syncing local site

**URL:** <https://community.kinsta.com/t/creating-site-backup-when-syncing-local-site/2029>\
**Category:** Application Support\
**Created:** [January 25, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/creating-site-backup-when-syncing-local-site/2029 "2023-01-25T22:29:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ryanb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/ryanb/32/611_2.png) [@ryanb](https://community.kinsta.com/u/ryanb)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/creating-site-backup-when-syncing-local-site/2029/1 "2023-01-25T22:29:43Z")

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I’m syncing my local site to mirror my live site. It’s the first time I’ve tried that after initially setting everything up. The first step was “Creating site backup” which took a long time.

 ![Screenshot 2023-01-25 at 4.25.26 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/kinsta/original/2X/e/e74eefaf3bd929069279021f629fca7098d4d95f.png)

Is that step creating a backup of the local site that I’m trying to replace or remote site that I’m syncing from?

If it’s backing up the local site, I wonder if there is a way to skip that step since it will get replaced anyway and it takes so long?

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**Author:** ![Agus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/agus/32/1515_2.png) [@Agus](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Agus)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/creating-site-backup-when-syncing-local-site/2029/2 "2023-01-26T02:40:08Z")

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Hello Ryan 👋

Yes, the first step “Creating site backup” is indeed creating a backup of the local site on your computer.  
If you check the application `main.log` file (please check this on how to access the main.log file: [DevKinsta Error Codes - Kinsta®](https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/devkinsta/error-codes/#viewing-the-application-log-file) ) , there you may notice something similar to the following (when DevKinsta processed that 1st step to create a local site’s backup file) :

```auto
[2023-01-26 08:44:47.955] [info] [createSiteBackup] Creating site backup for yoursitename
[2023-01-26 08:44:47.964] [info] [createSiteBackup] Writing to /tmp/backup/yoursitename.zip
[2023-01-26 08:44:48.188] [info] [containerExec] Command 'wp --allow-root --skip-themes --skip-plugins core is-installed --path=/www/kinsta/public/yoursitename' on devkinsta_fpm finished with exit code 0
[2023-01-26 08:44:48.189] [info] [useWordpressCheck] yourlivedomain.com is a wp site, setting it to WP.
[2023-01-26 08:45:43.256] [info] [createSiteBackup] yoursitename site successfully archived!
[2023-01-26 08:45:43.256] [info] [createSiteBackup] yoursitename site successfully backed up at path /tmp/backup/yoursitename.zip!
[2023-01-26 08:45:43.258] [info] [dockerUtil/getContainer] Get 'devkinsta_fpm' Docker container
[2023-01-26 08:45:43.304] [info] [ProgressIndicator] { isFailed: false, isOpen: true }
[2023-01-26 08:45:43.342] [info] [ProgressIndicator] { isFailed: false, isOpen: true }
[2023-01-26 08:45:43.691] [info] [createSiteBackup] 331324599 total bytes
[2023-01-26 08:45:43.691] [info] [createSiteBackup] yoursitename site successfully archived!

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The time to process backup this local site may vary (depends on the site’s files and database size, and how fast the computer to compress them into a .zip file ). There’s no option to skip this step unfortunately.

Cheers,  
Agus

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**Author:** ![ryanb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/ryanb/32/611_2.png) [@ryanb](https://community.kinsta.com/u/ryanb)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 4:37am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/creating-site-backup-when-syncing-local-site/2029/3 "2023-01-27T04:37:29Z")

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It might be worth considering adding that option. It seems unlikely that someone would want to back up a local site that they’re in the process of trying to replace with the latest remote site. And for large sites creating the back up takes a while.

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**Author:** ![Agus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/agus/32/1515_2.png) [@Agus](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Agus)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 6:11am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/creating-site-backup-when-syncing-local-site/2029/4 "2023-01-27T06:11:08Z")

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Thank you for your reply and feedback! 👍  
I will pass it on to our internal devs/team, so they may want to review and see if it’s something that can be considered as an option (to skip that local site backup creation) - though I can’t promise anything about it!

Cheers,  
Agus