Backup

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This set of features allows you to create backups of your server’s configuration and content. These backups can be used at a later time to restore data on your server. You are also able to use this feature set to schedule automatic backups.

Warning: It is very important to create backup files of all the information on the server. When files are deleted, there is no way to recover them.

• Backup Configuration — This feature allows you to configure backups your accounts.

• Backup Restoration — This feature allows you to restore your backups.

• Backup User Selection — This feature allows you to choose which accounts will use the Legacy Backup Configuration feature and which accounts will use the Backup Configuration feature.

• Configuration File Rollback — This feature allows you to restore configuration files for Apache, Pure-FTP/ProFTP, and the nameserver (named or nsd) daemons.

• Legacy Backup Configuration — This feature allows you to configure how your backup files should be stored. You can configure your automatic backups, backup retention schedules, and define where the backups should be stored (locally or remotely).

• Legacy Restore Backups — This feature allows you to choose a recent backup for restoring configurations and accounts. It is important to remember that, for this feature to work, you should have enabled account backups on the Configure Backup page.

• Legacy Restore Multiple Backups — This feature will allow you to restore multiple accounts simultaneously with their most recent individual backups. It is important to remember that, for this feature to work, you should have enabled account backups on the Configure Backup page.

• Restore a Full Backup/cpmove File — This feature will allow you to restore multiple accounts simultaneously with their most recent individual backups. It is important to remember that, for this feature to work, you should have enabled account backups on the Configure Backup page.

• Excluding Files from Backup — This document explains how to exclude a file or directory from a backup.

• Frequently Asked Questions — Frequently asked questions about backups.