Category: Backup & Restore • Est. reading time: 2 minutes
A backup is your safety net. If a site gets hacked, an update goes wrong, or a file gets deleted, a recent backup turns a disaster into a quick fix. cPanel lets you grab a full copy of your account or just the pieces you need.
A Full Backup
- Log in to cPanel and open Backup in the Files section.
- Under Full Backup, click Download a Full Account Backup.
- Choose where to store it. “Home Directory” saves it on the server for you to download, and you can also send it straight to a remote destination.
- cPanel builds the archive and, when it is ready, lets you download the complete copy of your files, databases, and email.
Send a Backup to a Remote FTP Server
On the same screen, you can point a full backup at an external FTP server instead of storing it locally. Enter the remote server’s address and login, and cPanel delivers the backup there. Keeping a copy off your own server is smart, since a backup that lives only on the same machine will not help if that machine fails.
A Partial Backup
If you only need part of your account, the Backup screen lets you download just your Home Directory, a specific MySQL database, or your email forwarders and filters. Handy when you only need one piece and do not want the whole archive.
Back up before every big change, and keep at least one copy somewhere other than your hosting account. On our managed hosting, we run automatic backups so this is handled for you.
Want backups running on autopilot? That is built into managed hosting. Reach us at support@allydrez.com or 1-321-209-2004.