{"id":465,"date":"2017-02-19T14:47:44","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T14:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/?post_type=article&p=465"},"modified":"2020-08-09T03:26:58","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T03:26:58","slug":"download-restore-home-directory-backup","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/download-restore-home-directory-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Download and Restore a Home Directory Backup"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to Download a Home Directory Backup<\/h3>\n

The cPanel backup interface allows you to generate and download a backup of your Home directory, this will make a copy of all of your files located in your Home directory.<\/p>\n \t\t

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\r\n \t\t\t\t\tPlease be aware that this is only a partial backup, and it will not include DNS, MySQL or other system files and settings. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n

1)<\/strong>\u00a0Log into cPanel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2)<\/strong> Look for the “Files<\/strong>” section and click on the\u00a0“Backup”\u00a0<\/strong>icon.<\/p>\n

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3)<\/strong> In the\u00a0“Partial Backup”<\/strong>\u00a0section, click the “Home Directory”<\/strong>\u00a0button to proceed and\u00a0click “Save As”<\/strong>\u00a0or select “Save File” <\/strong>in the pop-up that appears.<\/p>\n

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4)<\/strong> Select a destination where you would like to store your home directory backup locally\u00a0and click “Save<\/strong>“. The backup file created will now be downloaded to the chosen\u00a0destination\u00a0in a\u00a0.tar.gz<\/em>\u00a0file.<\/p>\n

If you want to generate a full\u00a0backup of your website, which includes all\u00a0your website files, emails and databases just follow the instructions provided in this tutorial:\u00a0Full Website Backup<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How to Restore a Home Directory Backup<\/h3>\n

A home directory backup can be restored within cPanel,\u00a0following these steps you can learn how to restore a backup of your Home directory.<\/p>\n \t\t

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\r\n \t\t\t\t\tPlease be aware that this process will overwrite<\/strong> any existing files currently in your Home directory. \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n \t\t\t \t\t\t\r\n \t\t<\/div>\r\n \t\t\n

1)<\/strong>\u00a0Log into cPanel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2)<\/strong> Look for the “Files<\/strong>” section and click on the\u00a0“Backup”\u00a0<\/strong>icon.<\/p>\n

3) <\/strong>In the\u00a0“Partial Backup”<\/strong>\u00a0section, click the “Choose File” <\/strong>button located under “Restore a Home Directory Backup”\u00a0<\/strong>select the backup file you intend to use from your PC and click “Open”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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4)<\/strong> Now the\u00a0name of the backup file you selected should\u00a0be displayed, please double check that this is the right backup and click “Upload<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

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5)<\/strong> A new tab will open showing\u00a0all\u00a0the files that are currently being replaced.<\/p>\n

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How to Download a Home Directory Backup The cPanel backup interface allows you to generate and download a backup of your Home directory, this will make a copy of all of your files located in your Home directory. 1)\u00a0Log into cPanel. 2) Look for the “Files” section and click on…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[35],"ht-kb-tag":[47,48,135,51],"class_list":["post-465","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-backups","ht_kb_tag-backup","ht_kb_tag-cpanel","ht_kb_tag-home","ht_kb_tag-restore"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3315,"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/465\/revisions\/3315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=465"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}