{"id":294,"date":"2014-07-14T15:34:25","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T13:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/?p=294"},"modified":"2014-07-15T21:30:53","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T19:30:53","slug":"full-website-backup-and-restore-from-cpanel-whm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servikus.com\/tutorials\/full-website-backup-and-restore-from-cpanel-whm\/","title":{"rendered":"Full website backup and restore from cPanel & WHM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Backup<\/h3>\n

Backup is a very useful option that you have at your disposal within cPanel. Backup allows you to download compressed copy of your whole site or some of its parts. Whatever you find useful. You can download, for example, your home directory<\/strong>, e-mail configurations<\/strong>, databases<\/strong> and so on. This way you can restore state and settings of your whole website from a certain point of time.<\/p>\n

This is a step-by-step guide on how to generate and download full backup of your site!
\nFull backup includes your home directory<\/strong>, databases<\/strong>, email forwarders<\/strong>, and filters<\/strong>.
\nNote: You cannot restore full backups through your cPanel interface!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Step 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Login<\/strong> into your cPanel account. You need to click on “Backups<\/strong>“. It’s located under \u201cFiles<\/strong>\u201d box.<\/p>\n

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Step 2:<\/strong>\u00a0New page will open. Here you can select backup option that suits your needs best. In this case you will need to click the \u201cDownload or Generate a Full Web Site Backup<\/strong>\u201d button.<\/p>\n

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Step 3:<\/strong> Now you need to select \u201cHome directory<\/strong>\u201d from the \u201cbackup destination<\/strong>\u201d box, or other destination that suits your needs better. Then enter your e-mail address. Next step is to click on \u201cgenerate backup<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Step 4:<\/strong> As soon as generating full backup is done you will receive confirmation e-mail which informs you that generating full backup of your website is done.<\/p>\n

Step 5:<\/strong> Go to your cPanel home page. Select “Backups<\/strong>“, located under “Files<\/strong>”\u00a0box. Under \u201cBackups Available for Download<\/strong>\u201d, select a backup file that you want to save on your computer. Click \u201cSave file<\/strong>\u201d and download will begin.<\/p>\n

When it finish you should be able to see file similar to this “backup-date of creation_name of account.tar.gz<\/strong>” in your website root directory. You can download it locally (to have backup in case of server hardware failure) or you could leave it there if you want to restore <\/strong>now (in this case it will be much faster<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Restore<\/h3>\n

Note: For this portion of tutorial you need to have WHM access!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Step 1a:<\/strong> In case you downloaded backup file locally and deleted it from server now you need to upload it via FTP (or SSH)<\/strong> because it\u00a0must be in one of these directories on the server: \/home<\/strong>, \/home2<\/strong>, \/home3<\/strong>, \/root<\/strong>, \/usr<\/strong>, \/usr\/home<\/strong>, \/web<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Step 1b:<\/strong> In case you left backup file on server you need to navigate to\u00a0your website root directory<\/strong>\u00a0and transfer it to one of above mentioned directories. For example:<\/p>\n

# cp backup-7.15.2014_17-51-45_zombi110.tar.gz\u00a0\/home<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your backup file will be stored now in \/home!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Step 2:<\/strong> Login into WHM<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Step 3:<\/strong> Navigate to Backup<\/strong> ->\u00a0Restore a Full Backup\/cpmove File<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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Step 4:\u00a0<\/strong>Check if your backup file<\/strong> is visible at the bottom of this page and enter the name of account<\/strong> you wish to restore. After that press Restore<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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Note: If that account\u00a0already exists on server you need to Terminate\u00a0it in order to Restore this one!<\/strong><\/p>\n

This screen informs you that Restoring of your account is done. Congrats!<\/p>\n

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