Backup or Restore
To begin, select whether you wish to back up or restore your website.
Backup
You can choose to create a full or partial backup file of your website.
Full Backup
Important:
- You cannot use a full backup file to restore your site through the cPanel interface.
- You must download and compress the backup file prior to restoration.
- After you decompress the backup file, you can upload and restore individual portions of your website that the full backup file contained.
To create a full backup file, perform the following steps:
- Click Full Backup.
- Select a destination for the backup file:
- Home Directory — Select this option to save the backup file to the server.
- Remote FTP Server — Select this option to use FTP to store the backup file on a remote server.
- Remote FTP Server (Passive Mode Transfer) — Select this option to use passive FTP to store the backup file on a remote server.
- SCP — Select this option to use SCP to store the backup file on a remote server.
- Select a notification option:If you selected Remote FTP Server, Remote FTP Server (Passive Mode Transfer), or SCP from the Backup Destination menu, enter the remote destination's information in the available text boxes.
- To receive a notification when the backup process finishes, enter your email address in the available text box.
- If you do not wish to receive a notification, select Do not send email notification of backup completion.
- Click Generate Backup.
- If you selected Home Directory, click the filename under Backups Available for Download to download the backup file.
Notes:
- The backup file's creation date appears in the filename (which begins with
backup-MM-DD-YYYY). - The system stores backup files as tarballs that use the
.tar.gzfile extension.
Partial Backup
To back up a portion of your site, perform the following steps:
- Click the portion of your site that you wish to back up:Click the appropriate item in the following interface to store the information to your computer or web server.
- Home Directory — Back up the
/homedirectory. - MySQL Databases — Back up your databases.
- Email Forwarders and Filters — Back up your email forwarders or filters.
- Home Directory — Back up the
The type of backup file that the system generates depends on the portion of your site that you back up.
The following table contains a list of partial backup types and their file types:
|
Backup type
|
File type
|
|---|---|
| Home Directory | *.tar.gz |
| Email Forwarders and Filters | *.net, *.com |
| MySQL Databases | *.sql |
Restore
To restore a portion of your site from an existing backup, perform the following steps:
- Click Restore.
- Click the portion of your site that you wish to restore:
Click Choose File and select the desired backup file on your computer.- Home Directory — Restore the
/homedirectory. - MySQL Databases — Restore your databases.
- Email Forwarders and Filters — Restore your email forwarders or filters.
- Home Directory — Restore the
- Click Upload to begin the restoration process.