How to backup a site using SSH?

Mujkanovic

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I want to backup all files and databases of an user account into a specify folder via SSH? what commands can I use to do this job?
 

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Is this on a cPanel server ? if so /scripts/pkgacct accountname
 

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create a tar.gz file of the public_html folder and the database with the command

tar -zcvf tar-archive-name.tar.gz source-folder-name

Once created , download the file to your local machine with either FTP or Secure Shell FTP client.
 

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Is this on a cPanel server ? if so /scripts/pkgacct accountname
I ran this command for a domain, it took long time to generate a zip file and looking like a full backup and pretty weight for the zip file.

It is a full backup and I can use to restore from cPanel control panel?

Code:
[root@server ~]# /scripts/pkgacct mydomain
[2017-04-17 02:40:58 +0000] pkgacct started.
[2017-04-17 02:40:58 +0000] pkgacct version 10 - user : mydomain - tarball                                                         : 1 - target mysql : default - split: 0 - incremental: 0 - homedir: 1 - mailman:                                                          1 - backup: 0 - archive version: 3 - running with uid 0
[2017-04-17 02:40:58 +0000] pkgacct using '/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/bin/pigz -                                                         6 --processes 1 --blocksize 4096 --rsyncable' to compress archives
[2017-04-17 02:40:58 +0000] pkgacct working dir : /home/cpmove-mydomain
[2017-04-17 02:40:58 +0000] Copying Reseller Config...[2017-04-17 02:40:58 +0000                                                         ] Done
[2017-04-17 02:40:58 +0000] Copying Suspension Info (if needed)...[2017-04-17 02                                                         :40:58 +0000] Done
[2017-04-17 02:40:58 +0000] Copying SSL certificates, CSRs, and keys...[2017-04-                                                         17 02:40:58 +0000] Done
[2017-04-17 02:40:58 +0000] Storing SSL domain......[2017-04-17 02:40:58 +0000]                                                          Done
[2017-04-17 02:40:58 +0000] Copying Domain Keys....[2017-04-17 02:40:58 +0000] D                                                         one
[2017-04-17 02:40:58 +0000] Copying Counter Data....[2017-04-17 02:40:58 +0000]                                                          Done
[2017-04-17 02:40:58 +0000] Copying Bandwidth Data....Summary databases … done!
[2017-04-17 02:40:59 +0000] Done
[2017-04-17 02:40:59 +0000] Copying Dns Zones.......mydomain.com...[2017-0                                                         4-17 02:40:59 +0000] Done
[2017-04-17 02:40:59 +0000] Copying Mail files....[2017-04-17 02:40:59 +0000] Do                                                         ne
[2017-04-17 02:40:59 +0000] Copying proftpd file....[2017-04-17 02:40:59 +0000]                                                          Done
[2017-04-17 02:40:59 +0000] Copying www logs.......log file sizes [4175964 byte(                                                         s)]......mydomain.com......mydomain.com-bytes_log......ftp.mydomain                                                         tours.com-ftp_log.offsetftpbytes...[2017-04-17 02:40:59 +0000] Done
[2017-04-17 02:40:59 +0000] Copy userdata...[2017-04-17 02:40:59 +0000] Done
[2017-04-17 02:40:59 +0000] Copy custom virtualhost templates...[2017-04-17 02:4                                                         0:59 +0000] Done
[2017-04-17 02:40:59 +0000] Copying mailman lists and archives....[2017-04-17 02                                                         :40:59 +0000] Done copying mailman lists and archives.
[2017-04-17 02:40:59 +0000] Copying homedir.............
[2017-04-17 02:41:00 +0000] Done
[2017-04-17 02:41:00 +0000] Calculating nobody files............
[2017-04-17 02:41:00 +0000] Done
[2017-04-17 02:41:00 +0000] Performing Postgresql” component....
[2017-04-17 02:41:00 +0000] Completed Postgresql” component.
[2017-04-17 02:41:00 +0000] Performing Mysql” component....
[2017-04-17 02:41:00 +0000] Determining mysql dbs...[2017-04-17 02:41:00 +0000]                                                          ...mysqldump version: 10.1.22...[2017-04-17 02:41:00 +0000] ...mysql version: 10                                                         .1...[2017-04-17 02:41:00 +0000] Saving mysql privs...[2017-04-17 02:41:00 +0000                                                         ] Done
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] ...Done
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Storing mysql dbs............
mydomain_dbgonmar[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] (19411209 bytes)
mydomain_bloggmmt[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] (2272836 bytes)
roundcube.users,roundcube.identities,roundcube.contacts,roundcube.contactgroups[                                                         2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] (6874 bytes)
roundcube.contactgroupmembers[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] (2423 bytes)
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] ...Done
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Completed Mysql” component.
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Copying cpuser file.......[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000                                                         ] Done
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Copying crontab file.......[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +000                                                         0] Done
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Performing Quota” component....
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Completed Quota” component.
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Performing Integration” component....
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Completed Integration” component.
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Performing AuthnLinks” component....
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Completed AuthnLinks” component.
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Performing APITokens” component....
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Completed APITokens” component.
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Storing Subdomains....
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Done
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Storing Parked Domains....
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Done
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Storing Addon Domains....
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Copying password.......[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] D                                                         one
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Copying shell.......[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Done
[2017-04-17 02:41:01 +0000] Creating Archive ...................................                                                         .................................................
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[2017-04-17 02:48:42 +0000] Done
[2017-04-17 02:48:42 +0000] pkgacctfile is: /home/cpmove-mydomain.tar.gz
[2017-04-17 02:49:07 +0000] md5sum is: eda338240f558d508b2953967dc458b9
[2017-04-17 02:49:07 +0000]
[2017-04-17 02:49:07 +0000] size is: 5405972920
[2017-04-17 02:49:07 +0000]
[2017-04-17 02:49:07 +0000] homesize is: 5808152576
[2017-04-17 02:49:07 +0000]
[2017-04-17 02:49:07 +0000] homefiles is: 59210
[2017-04-17 02:49:07 +0000] pkgacct completed
create a tar.gz file of the public_html folder and the database with the command

tar -zcvf tar-archive-name.tar.gz source-folder-name

Once created , download the file to your local machine with either FTP or Secure Shell FTP client.
I knew this way but what about mysql databases?

they should be downloaded from phpmyadmin?
 

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Yes this is a full account backup which can be used to restore the account including the databases as you can see from the log,

No @24x7csm example will only archive the public_html without databases or emails, yes you would need to use phpmyadmin to export the database if using this manual method.
 

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I want to backup all files and databases of an user account into a specify folder via SSH? what commands can I use to do this job?
This is the perfect method to take full cPanel account backup it includes databases as well.
 

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Hello,
There could be various method for backups .
Make tar of your public_html file and take back up of database and then can send these file to desired location (server) through scp or download the backed-up files through FTP .
 

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