Website backup usign cPanel.

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:53:20 +0000

Taking backup of your website is most important part which will be useful in case of server crash or some hardware failure. If you have backup of your site then you can easily restore it so as a webmaser you should always be prepared with backup copy of your entire website. if you opt for linux website hosting plan you may get cpanel as control panel using which you can easily upload your website, can take backup of your site including home directory, databases, emails etc… you can keep backup of your website in
zipped file which can be restored anytime you want.
For better security reasons it is always suggested to have automated backup for your website for this you will have to set such setting [ cron jobs ] using your cpanel. Using cPanel you can take Full backup, Home directory backup, MySQL database backup, email forwarders or filters which can be restored anytime.
If you opt for full backup of your site, you will have an archive of all files and configurations of your website. If you want to restore your Full website backup them you will have to contact your webhost, you cannot restore Full backup using your cPanel you will need to contact your webhost.

Steps fort taking Full Backup using cPanel :
*) Login to your cpanel and go to ‘backup’ section under “Site management”
*) Click on “Generate/Download a Full Backup”
*) Just choose proper option for backup of your site, if you want to copy full backup of your site onto other ftp server you can do so, else you can easily generate backup in your home directory of your account, which can be used further in case of server crash.
*) Proceed with email ID.
*) Finally, complete process by pressing ‘generate backup’
Taht’s all you have backed up full website usign cPanel.

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