Backup and Restore Home Directory in cPanel
Backup and Restore Home Directory in cPanel:
This is an article about how you can restore backup files through cPanel. This is only possible if you have the backup file on your computer. At some occasions you may accidentally delete some important files from your website or an email, you don’t worry we can get it back by restoring it from the backup stored in your computer. If you are hosting your website in a good hosting provider then they will keep a daily backup of your website. You can request for the backup files to your hosting provider and they will send it to you. We can’t restore an entire backup via cPanel. We can able to restore partially. To backup and restore the entire directory in cPanel, follow the below steps
Step 2: Select the option Backup Wizard under the section Files
Step 3: Click the button “Backup” for downloading the backup files
Step 4: Choose the type of backup needed to be downloaded
Step 5: Save the backup file in the computer’s directory
Step 6: Select the button “Restore” for restoring the data
Step 7: Select the type of data to be restored when restoring a particular type
Step 8: To restore a particular file, choose the particular file from the local computer
Step 9: Click the button “Upload” for restoring the file
Step 10: The backup is restored successfully
Step 1 Login to cPanel. You can directly login through your domain URL otherwise you can access your cPanel via server URL.
Step 2 Click Backup wizard under file section. We will upload the backup such as files, email, the database like that only.
Select Backup Wizard
Step 3 Under Backup wizard, click “Backup” button for downloading the backup files.
Click Backup Button
Step 4 You can choose which type of backup is needed (Home directory, MySQL Database and Email forwarders and filters).
Choose which type want to backup
Step 5 Save the file in the computer’s directory.
Save the backup file
Step 6 Now select the restore button to restore the data.
Now click the Restore button in backup wizard
Step 7 You can choose which type of data is need to be restored (Home directory, MySQL Database and Email forwarders and filters).
Select the home directory button for restoring entire cPanel
Step 8 Select the file from the computer directory to upload. Click the Upload button and that’s it, you have successfully restored the file.
Now choose the file to restore
Step 9 Click the upload button.
Now upload the file
Step 10 Now the backup is restoring successfully.
Now the files are restoring
If you want to restore the DNS settings you need to contact your hosting provider and send a request to the entire cPanel account. In this tutorial, you can backup the account and restore the files partially like Database, email filters, files and..etc.
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