{"id":241,"date":"2026-04-01T09:40:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/?page_id=241"},"modified":"2026-04-01T09:40:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:40:46","slug":"permissions-snapshots","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/overlaps-documentation\/configuration\/container-permissions\/permissions-snapshots\/","title":{"rendered":"Permissions Snapshots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/permissions-snapshots.jpg\" alt=\"Permissions Snapshots\" class=\"wp-image-242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/permissions-snapshots.jpg 976w, https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/permissions-snapshots-300x44.jpg 300w, https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/permissions-snapshots-768x113.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can take a quick snapshot of all of your permissions using the Permissions Snapshots feature. This will take a full copy of the permissions on every container and store it using a name of your choice. Then if you need to restore to this stage you can simply find it in the snapshot list and click the &#8220;Restore&#8221; button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This can be useful when you are first learning to setup OVERLAPS permissions and you want to save a working state before making changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note that if no permissions have been created yet then attempting to create a snapshot will show an error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By default, OVERLAPS will also take an automatic snapshot of your permissions every night for backup purposes, which will be kept for 7 days. Both of these settings are configurable under <a href=\"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/overlaps-documentation\/configuration\/settings\/active-directory\/#permissions-snapshot-settings\">Config -> Active Directory -> Permissions Snapshot Settings<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can take a quick snapshot of all of your permissions using the Permissions Snapshots feature. This will take a full copy of the permissions on every container and store it using a name of your choice. Then if you need to restore to this stage you can simply find it in the snapshot list [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":66,"menu_order":400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-241","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243,"href":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/241\/revisions\/243"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/overlaps.co.uk\/docs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}