Firepanel can back up two things, independently or together:
- Firepanel configuration — content types, components, project members, tags, and messaging configuration
- Firestore data — your actual database, exported straight to your own Cloud Storage bucket
Protect
Back up your project's configuration, data, or both.
Recover
Restore configuration or Firestore data from a backup.
Move
Copy configuration and data into another project you own.
Backups List
Navigate to Settings → Backups to see all backups for the project. Each backup shows a Contents badge — Configuration only, Database only, or Configuration + database — along with its size and document count.
Requirements
Note:
Backing up or restoring Firestore data (as opposed to just configuration) requires:
- The Firebase Blaze (pay-as-you-go) plan on your Firebase project
- A Cloud Storage bucket configured for the project
- A manually-uploaded service account key needs export permissions granted — Firepanel will tell you which IAM role is missing, if any
- Firestore Enterprise projects with MongoDB compatibility can't use data export/import
Configuration-only backups have none of these requirements.
Runs and Progress
Backups, restores, and migrations all run as background runs. A progress panel shows a checklist of stages and an overall percentage — large Firestore exports can take a while, but the run keeps going even if you close the tab, and you can cancel it at any time.