Backup and restore in cPanel
Backup and restore in cPanel is quite simple procedure.
Backup
Step 1. Go to Backup Wizard
Step 2. Select Backup
Step 3. Choose backup type: full or patrial. If you have a simple site which does not use MySQL you can backup only it's home directory.
Step 4. Download the backup file.
Restore
Step 1. Go to Backup Wizard
Step 2. Select Restore
Step 3. Select what to restore.
Step 4. In a popup window select backup file on your machine that you'd like to restore (must be like filename.tar.gz).
Restore a full Backup/cpmove File
This feature will restore full backups, cPanel backups, and cPanel move files and save them in one of the following formats:The files must be in one of the following directories on the server: /home, /home2, /home3, /root, /usr, /usr/home, or /web
- cpmove-{USER}
- cpmove-{USER}.tar
- cpmove-{USER}.tar.gz
- {USER}.tar
- {USER}.tar.gz
- backup-{BACKUP-DATE_TIME}_{USER}.tar
- backup-{BACKUP-DATE_TIME}_{USER}.tar.gz
Step 1. Log in to WHM as root.
Step 2. Find "Restore a full Backup/cpmove File" feature under the "Backup" category (you can use search).
Step 3. Select the backup file to restore in a drop-down menu and press "Restore".
Restore a full Backup in command line
Assuming you have the following backup file: backup-9.11.2015_19-17-05_steve.tar.gz
You can restore it with a simple command in ssh cmmand line (as root):
/scripts/restorepkg steveDeleting account is easy too:
/scripts/killacct steve
