How to Backup from your cPanel Account

Aug, 2020

Posted by : Cid Systems

August 28, 2020

Article on How to Backup from your cPanel Account

Access https://clients.cidhosting.net on any browser.
Go to Your Active Products/Services select one of active products and you will be directed to Product Details.
On Product Details scroll-down to see Quick Shortcuts tab and click Backup.
A new window will appear on the screen, on your upper-left corner of your screen click Home.
Select one of the following destinations from the Backup Destination menu:
- Home Directory— Select this setting to save the backup file on the server.
- Remote FTP Server— Select this setting to use FTP to store the backup file on a remote server.
- Remote FTP Server (passive mode transfer) — Select this setting to use passive FTP to store the backup file on a remote server.
- Secure Copy (SCP)— Select this setting to use SCP to store the backup file on a remote server.
Perform one of the following actions to configure notifications for this backup file:
- To receive a notification when the backup process finishes, enter your email address in the Email Address text box.
- To disable notifications, select the Do not send email notification of backup completion. checkbox.
If you selected the Remote FTP Server, Remote FTP Server (passive mode transfer), or Secure Copy (SCP) destinations, enter the remote destination’s information in the available text boxes.
Click Generate Backup. A confirmation message will appear. Click Go Back to return to the Download section of the interface.