# Backup data (chats, files, ...)

**URL:** <https://forums.rocket.chat/t/backup-data-chats-files/2738>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Created:** [December 19, 2018, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/backup-data-chats-files/2738 "2018-12-19T07:56:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![hokusai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hokusai](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/hokusai)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/backup-data-chats-files/2738/1 "2018-12-19T07:56:16Z")

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Hi! First of all thank you for this wonderfull tool. It is very useful and i really like the design. Well, i face some issues. I have installed on a CentoS machine a rocketchat server without ssl, and now that i have seen it worked very well i want to install it. But i don’t succeed in finding how to backup datas. I read the officials guides but did not find the location where files and chat messages are stored. Could you explain me the way i can backup my RC before installing ssl?  
Thank you very much and sorry for this newbie question… ;-(

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**Author:** ![chatdev](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/chatdev/32/481_2.png) [@chatdev](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/chatdev)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/backup-data-chats-files/2738/2 "2018-12-19T17:06:02Z")

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Are you using the snap version?