In this technote we will explain how to create and restore backups in cPanel.
If you use our cPanel for your hosting then cPanel provides a very simple tool that is yet powerful producing and restoring backups. This guide is a walk through of just how backups may be produced and restored cPanel that is using Wizard option.
Go to cPanel > that is> data >> Backup Wizard
You could make utilization of the discover tab within the cPanel website for simple search as shown within the screenshot.
Click on Backup Wizard choice. This may just take you the Backup Wizard web page which provides two choices.
1) Backup
2) improve
Backup function enables you to produce partial or complete back-up that can be installed towards neighborhood device or it may be utilized in a remote host or device via FTP. We shall go through how that can be done later in this tutorial. This is useful when you are looking for a server migration or if you want to keep backups that are local
Restore function enables you to previously restore the taken backups or the backup taken from some other server in cases like server to server migration.
We will go with the Backup option first. Click on ‘Backup’. This will give you the backup that is following.
1) whole Backup – this particular feature enables you to download the back-up of whole cPanel account including data, Databases, e-mail reports, SSL certification, Configuration files an such like. in a archive that is single. This feature also provides the option to download the created backup to the home directory of that cPanel account and to a remote server via FTP.
In the above screenshot, you can download the backup in the home directory of that particular cPanel account.( as you can see there is Backup destination option with which*********)
There is an alternative for e-mail alerts. In the event that you set the notification current email address, you’ll mail that is receive once the backup process is complete.
Above screenshot shows the Remote FTP server Backup destination option. You just need to set the ( that is following
Remote host: FTP hostname or internet protocol address
Remote consumer: FTP username
Remote Password: FTP password
Port: FTP slot (standard information slot of FTP is 21)
Remote Directory: Set the title of this directory which you’ll want to keep consitently the back-up.
2) Partial Backup – this particular feature enables you to install partial backups of data, Databases, e-mail forwarders and filters as split back-up archives into the neighborhood device.
You may pick from the choices:
a) house Directory
b) MySQL Databases
c) e-mail Forwarders and Filters
For these choices, the back-up archive would be installed towards machine that is local as in the screenshot below.
If you click on the ‘Download’ button, backup will be downloaded in your local machine.
We can move on to the cPanel >> Files >> Backup Wizard >> Restore option.
This option allows you to restore the Home Directory of the cPanel account, MySQL Databases and Email forwarders.
You just need to select the backup from your machine that is local and Upload key as shown within the screenshot below.
This could be the Backup Wizard choice given by cPanel. Yourself, feel free to contact our technical support department and we are here 24*7*365 for your assistance.( if you have any problems creating or restoring the backups*********)
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