DigitalOcean does not provide a way to download a snapshot of your droplet locally. You can use rsync to accomplish this instead.
On your local machine, assuming you have added your-server in your SSH config:
rsync -aAXHv --append-verify --exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found"} your-server:/
-a: archive mode (all files, with permissions, etc.)-A: preserve ACLs/permissions (not included with -a)-X: preserve extended attributes (not included with -a)-H: preserve hard links (not included with -a)-v: verbose, mention files--append-verify: if the files differ in modification or other timestamps, it will overwrite the target with the source without scrutinizing those files further
Yeah. Still did close the account, lost my stuff but don't care anymore, they kinda lost a customer. Will seek out for an alternative next time I need this kind of services. A shame.
Just saw this though : https://snapshooter.com/pricing
Looks like with a free plan you could provide your own storage for backups. A bit cumbersome to say the least.
Not even sure you could cut the droplet and restore it at a later date with external data.