What is the best way to backup a large website?

Maxoq · May 12, 2016

I have a site approx 50GB of storage. I need something fast and easy to backup all my sites files to my PC?

I have very little ssh knowledge so I would prefer something simple so it would be great if you can give me a guide.

Malcolmjr96 · Jun 15, 2016

Are you using a control panel, Interworx, cpanel etc?

VirtuBox · Jun 16, 2016

I haven't seen your post ealier. Easiest way would be use scp to transfer data ovh ssh. But there is also the same possibility with rsync. And if you want fast transfer, make a multi .zip instead of move 100 000+ files

If you need help PM me. I have a dedicated server to backup files and then upload it where you want to download them.

Maxoq · Jun 16, 2016

Malcolmjr96 said:
Are you using a control panel, Interworx, cpanel etc?

What is Interworx?

For cPanel, I failed to backup a website on Hostgator in the past and I had to contact them to backup for me (send download link)

leto12 said:
I haven't seen your post ealier. Easiest way would be use scp to transfer data ovh ssh. But there is also the same possibility with rsync. And if you want fast transfer, make a multi .zip instead of move 100 000+ files

If you need help PM me. I have a dedicated server to backup files and then upload it where you want to download them.

Making multi zip files? how to manage it?

I want to backup all files and database that a VPS has, or choosing some websites to backup. it's possible?

Malcolmjr96 · Jun 16, 2016

cPanel (Unless disabled by the host) has a feature where you can back up the entire site (Database included) which can take a long time, or you can backup partially, so you can backup some databases, directories.

Tim Dini · Jun 20, 2016

Usually best to create a complete image the first time, then do incremental backups on a set schedule matching your frequency of changes (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.) Also, I prefer to store the image and incremental backups on an alternate server (separate host service).

This is the current version (56) of the cPanel backup documentation:
https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/ALD/Backup+Configuration

codexhost · Jun 20, 2016

please, could you provide us with the following to give you a clear answer ?
1- Control panel type
2- hosting type ( VPS - Shared hosting - Managed Hosting)
3 - type of site using CMS or custom development

Maxoq · Jun 20, 2016

codexhost said:
please, could you provide us with the following to give you a clear answer ?
1- Control panel type

I am using cPanel

codexhost said:
2- hosting type ( VPS - Shared hosting - Managed Hosting)

Unmanaged VPS with cPanel

codexhost said:
3 - type of site using CMS or custom development

Both cases, I have wordpress sites and custom sites on it.

VirtuBox · Jun 20, 2016

You can do it in two time.
First backup your databases, by exporting them using phpmyadmin -> export

And for your files, if you have ssh access

Code:

tar zcvf yourarchive.tar.gz yourfolder/

codexhost · Jun 20, 2016

ok then you can go to each cpanel account and go to backup files section then make complete backup it's gonna backup the full cpanel files which including the database - files - emails etc .
you can follow cpanel documentation https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/ALD/Backup+Configuration
after backup complete you can download it and upload to other server or whatever you want.

VirtuBox · Jun 20, 2016

you have to go in the folder just before the one you want to backup. So I guess

Code:

cd /var
tar zcvf backup.tar.gz www/

to backup all files you can access from ftp. Get the same problem today with a backup because some files have incorrect characters in their name and can't be downloaded by ftp

praveenk · Jun 22, 2016

I would like to recommend you to purchase R1soft backup from any external hosting provider and configure remote backup for your hosting account instead of downloading backup on daily basis and waste your valuable time.

smithroy · Jan 6, 2017

cPanel has the possibility to backup/transfer sites. Also, you might like to try 3rd party tool xCloner, it makes a full site/db backup/restorations, splits large archives and transfers to another server without issue.

HostXNow · Jan 7, 2017

Simply use cPremote on VPS and set it to rsync all data to backup server. Then you can rsync all cpanel accounts using software like syncovery.

Quick way is to compress all cpanel accounts using cpanel backup system and then ftp the data to PC. You can sync the data for changes by resuming copy of the files in FTP client.

Maxoq · Jan 8, 2017

HostXNow said:
Simply use cPremote on VPS and set it to rsync all data to backup server. Then you can rsync all cpanel accounts using software like syncovery.

Quick way is to compress all cpanel accounts using cpanel backup system and then ftp the data to PC. You can sync the data for changes by resuming copy of the files in FTP client.

I am wondering where to compress all cpanel accounts? what is the path to where containing all cPanel accounts?

EcommIndiaCloudIT said:
Register for AWS > create an S3 bucket > Create a user API key with read/write permission for S3 > Configure WHM Backup with Remote Destination as S3 and the key > Let the backup run > Done

Now you have a copy of your entire server on S3. You can either leave it there if you intend on transferring it to a new server some day or you can download it to your PC at your convenience.

This way is very convenient for normal users as me. I have just check S3 pricing, it's good and they are offering free 5GB storage but I am not sure how the security of kind of services will.

HostXNow · Jan 8, 2017

Maxoq said:
I am wondering where to compress all cpanel accounts? what is the path to where containing all cPanel accounts?

You can configure them in (Home >> Backup >> Backup Configuration)

A detailed guide is available at https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/ALD/Backup+Configuration

Your hosting provider should be able to give you step by step instructions on how to do it if using a managed service.

The guide says

Save Configuration

After you configure the desired settings, click Save Configuration at the bottom of the Backup Configuration interface.
To reset all of the settings in the Backup Configuration interface to the default settings, click Reset.

Run backups manually

To run a backup manually, run the following command:
/usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup

If up-to-date backup files exist but you wish to perform an additional backup, run the following command:
/usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup --force

Hope that helps!?

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