Snapshots and Backups

Rudel uses two recovery-point models because sandboxes and apps have different jobs.

• sandboxes use snapshots
• apps use backups

That split is intentional. A sandbox is disposable and usually tied to active change work, so its recovery model should be fast and local to that workspace. An app is long-lived and operationally important, so its recovery model should fit deploys, restore drills, and longer-lived rollback needs.

Sandbox snapshots

Create a snapshot:

wp rudel snapshot alpha-1234 --name=before-update

Restore it:

wp rudel restore alpha-1234 --snapshot=before-update --force

Snapshots capture the sandbox site state and its environment-local wp-content so you can roll back risky work quickly without promoting that recovery model into the long-lived app lifecycle.

App backups

Create a backup:

wp rudel app backup demo-1234 --name=baseline

Restore it:

wp rudel app restore demo-1234 --backup=baseline --force

App deploys also integrate with backups so recovery is built into the deploy workflow rather than added as an afterthought.