How to Backup and Restore Your Website's data Using Cpanel

How to Backup and Restore Your Website's data Using Cpanel

What is Backup?

Backup is the process that can be used to restore the orignal after a data loss.The purpose is to recover data after its loss, be it by data deletion, corruption, Hacking or some other ways. So Backup is the most useful option to save your data, files and settings. In this post I will tell you how to create backup your website's data and settings and How to restore it.

 

What is Home Directory?

Home Directory :- Home Directory is the highest-level directory in your cPanel account's, which contains all of the files and directories used by domains managed through your account.

How To Create Backup of Home Directory

Step 1. First login to your cpanel.

Step 2. Then, go to Backup Wizard option

Step 3. In backup Wizard there are two options (Left side Backup and Right side Restore).

Step 4. Click on backup option

Step 5. There are 4 options (Full Backup, Home Directory, MySQL Databases and Email Forwarders & Filters.

Step 6. click on home directory

 Step 7. In Home Directory you will see an option(Download a Home Directory Backup), click on it, It takes some times and after that your backup will be start downloading.

That's it, Your Home Directory Backup will be downloaded.

What is MySql Database?

MySQL Databases :- MySQL Database is used to store web site information like blog posts or user information.

How To Create MySQL Database Backup

For create MySQL Database Backup follow above steps (Step 1 to Step 5).

Step 6. Click on MySQL Database Backup

Step 7. In MySQL Database Backup you will see all your databases, so click on that database which one backup you want, wait sometime and after that your backup will be start downloading.

That's it, Your MySQL Database Backup will be downloaded.

What is Email Forwarders & Filters?

Email Forwarders & Filters :- Email Forwarders will allow you to send copies of all your messages from one e-mail account to another and Filters allow to manage filters for each user and you can also test the existing filters.

How to Create Email Forwarders & Filters Backup

For create Email Forwarders & Filters Backup follow above steps (Step 1 to Step 5).

Step 6. Click on Email Forwarders & Filters

Step 7. In Email Forwarders & Filters you will see an option (Download Email Forwarders & Filters Backup), click on it, sometime later your backup will start downloading.

That's it, your Email Forwarders & Filters backup will be downloaded.

How To Restore Your Backup

Step 1. First login to your cpanel.

Step 2. Then, go to Backup Wizard option

Step 3. In backup Wizard there are two options (Left side Backup and Right side Restore).

Step 4. Click on Restore option.

Step 5. In Restore, you will see 3 options(Home Directory, MySQL Databases and Email Forwarders & Filters).

Step 6. If you want to restore Home Directory, then click on Home Directory and if you want to restore MySQL Databases then click on MySQL Databases and for Email Forwarders & Filters, click on Email Forwarders & Filters.

Step 7. After that, there will be an option(Choose File) to upload your backup.

Step 8. Click on Choose File, a new will be open on your screen, select that folder where you save your backup and upload it.

That's it, this process will take some time and after that your backup will Restore.