Cpanel Backups
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1. Login to WHM using one of the below URLs (replacing servername.com with your
server's name or your primary IP)
https://servername.com:2087http://servername.com:2086http://servername.com/whm 2. Scroll down the menu, to see the section (6th section) called "Backup".
3. Click the link "Configure Backup"
4. Configure the settings as below
Backup Status : Enabled
Backup Interval : Choose it at your discretion
Backup Retention : Choose the backup retention (retaining) policy. I would recommend monthly only if you have enough disk space
Days to run backup : Select all for a daily backup, and the day for weekly
Remount/Unmount backup drive : Disabled
Bail out : Disabled
Incremental backup : Disabled
Backup Accounts : Enabled (it will backup the user's files also)
Backup Config files : Disabled (This along with other SQL and accounts backup would rollback the whole system)
Sql Databases : Per Accounts and Entire Mysql Dir
Backup Raw Access Logs : Disabled (Enable it only if you got enough space)
Backup Type : Remote Ftp Server (Accounts Only)
Ftp Backup Host : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (Hostname we have mailed you)
Ftp Backup User : Username we have provided you
Ftp Backup Pass : Password
Ftp Backup Directory/Path : / (This will make backup to /home/username)
Use Passive mode for Ftp transfers : Enabled
Backup Destination : /backup
Select Specific Users : Field where you choose the specific accounts to backup. By default it is all.
5. And finally press the button Save and you are done
