{"id":457,"date":"2017-02-19T14:42:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T14:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/?post_type=article&#038;p=457"},"modified":"2023-12-06T11:07:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T11:07:53","slug":"create-download-full-cpanel-backup","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/create-download-full-cpanel-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create and Download a Full cPanel Backup on your VPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cPanel backup interface allows you to generate and download a full backup of your website, this will make a copy of all of your files, email, and databases.\u00a0\u00a0Before making any changes to your website, it&#8217;s best practice to always create a backup.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"how-to-create-a-full-cpanel-backup\">How to create a full cPanel Backup<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong>\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; outline: none; background: none; color: #2a94e5; line-height: 1; display: inline-block;\" href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/login-cpanel-whm-account\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Log into cPanel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong> Look for the &#8220;<strong>Files<\/strong>&#8221; section and click on the\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Backup Wizard&#8221; <\/strong>icon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cPanel-Backup-Wizard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-997\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cPanel-Backup-Wizard-1024x264.png\" alt=\"cPanel Backup Wizard\" width=\"840\" height=\"217\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3)<\/strong> In the <strong>&#8220;Back UP&#8221;<\/strong> section, click the &#8220;<strong>Backup Up&#8221;<\/strong> button to proceed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4)<\/strong>\u00a0In the next step, you&#8217;ll see multiple options to create a\u00a0<strong>Full Backup<\/strong>, an archive of all the files and configurations on your website, or a\u00a0<strong>Partial Backup<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Backup destination:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Home Directory<\/strong> \u2014 If this option is selected the backup will be saved in the \/home directory of the server.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Remote FTP Server<\/strong> \u2014 You can select this option if you want to use an FTP to store the backup file on a remote server.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Remote FTP Server<\/strong> (Passive Mode Transfer) \u2014 You can select this option if you want to use passive FTP to store the backup file on a remote server.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SCP<\/strong> \u2014 You can select this option if you want to use SCP to store the backup file on a remote server.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Generate-Backup.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-999\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Generate-Backup-1024x397.png\" alt=\"Generate Backup\" width=\"840\" height=\"326\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you want to receive an\u00a0email notification when the backup is finished just enter your email address. If that&#8217;s not the case you can check the box next to <strong>&#8220;Do not send email notification of backup completion&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5)<\/strong> Click on the &#8220;<strong>Generate Backup<\/strong>&#8221; button to proceed and allow some time for the backup to finish. An email will be sent to your address if you entered one in the previous step.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"how-to-download-the-full-backup\">How to download the Full Backup<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong>\u00a0This assumes that you are already <a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/how-to-login-cpanel-whm\/\">logged into cPanel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong> Select &#8220;<strong>Backups&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0under the &#8220;<strong>Files&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0tab<\/p>\n<p><strong>3)<\/strong> Next click on the <strong>&#8220;Download a Full Website Backup&#8221;<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4)<\/strong> Under <strong>&#8220;Backups Available for Download&#8221;<\/strong>, click the link for the backup file you want to download.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5)<\/strong> Select the destination on your PC where you would like to save the backup.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--alert    \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tThe functionality is accessible only on\u00a0 the VPS plans, if you have a different hosting plan, please check <a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/restore-backups-using-jetbackup-5-in-cpanel\/#how-to-download-a-full-account-backup\">this guide<\/a>.    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cPanel backup interface allows you to generate and download a full backup of your website, this will make a copy of all of your files, email, and databases.\u00a0\u00a0Before making any changes to your website, it&#8217;s best practice to always create a backup. 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