What is the best way to back up your web data?

[trustdnb]

Hi everyone,

Do you have any better ways that I am using to backup my website data?
For me, I used phpmyadmin to backup my SQL databases and zip all files in public_html on my web hosting to my PC?
Is it fast way to backup my files?

What are your ways you usually use to backup your websites online?

 

[RDO Servers]

We use the integrated features in Plesk or cPanel to backup all files, settings, and databases on a daily schedule, then send them to our remote server via ftp!

 

[paivadaniel]

paivadaniel

What is name for feature integrated in cPanel that helping you have a fast backup?
Does it include all files and my sql databses?

 

[RDO Servers]

I'm sorry, I miss spoke. The automated backup feature for cPanel is if you also have WHM (https://documentation.cpanel.net/display/ALD/Backup+Configuration).
For cPanel alone, you can use the following script:

<?php

// PHP script to allow periodic cPanel backups automatically, optionally to a remote FTP server.

// This script contains passwords. It is important to keep access to this file secure (place it in your home directory, not public_html)

// You need create 'backups' folder in your home directory ( or any other folder that you would like to store your backups in ).

// ********* THE FOLLOWING ITEMS NEED TO BE CONFIGURED *********

// Information required for cPanel access

$cpuser = "username"; // Username used to login to cPanel

$cppass = 'password'; // Password used to login to cPanel.

$domain = "example.com";// Your main domain name

$skin = "x"; // Set to cPanel skin you use (script will not work if it does not match).

// Information required for FTP host

$ftpuser = "ftpusername"; // Username for FTP account

$ftppass = 'ftppassword'; // Password for FTP account

$ftphost = "ip_address"; // IP address of your hosting account

$ftpmode = "passiveftp"; // FTP mode

// Notification information $notifyemail = "[email protected]"; // Email address to send results

// Secure or non-secure mode $secure = 0; // Set to 1 for SSL (requires SSL support), otherwise will use standard HTTP

// Set to 1 to have web page result appear in your cron log $debug = 0;

// *********** NO CONFIGURATION ITEMS BELOW THIS LINE *********

$ftpport = "21";

$ftpdir = "/backups/"; // Directory where backups stored (make it in your /home/ directory). Or you can change 'backups' to the name of any other folder created for the backups;

if ($secure) {

$url = "ssl://".$domain;

$port = 2083;

} else {

$url = $domain;

$port = 2082;

}

$socket = fsockopen($url,$port);

if (!$socket) { echo "Failed to open socket connection... Bailing out!n"; exit; }

// Encode authentication string

$authstr = $cpuser.":".$cppass;

$pass = base64_encode($authstr);

$params = "dest=$ftpmode&email=$notifyemail&server=$ftphost&user=$ftpuser&pass=$ftppass&port=$ftpport&rdir=$ftpdir&submit=Generate Backup";

// Make POST to cPanel

fputs($socket,"POST /frontend/".$skin."/backup/dofullbackup.html?".$params." HTTP/1.0\r\n");

fputs($socket,"Host: $domain\r\n");

fputs($socket,"Authorization: Basic $pass\r\n");

fputs($socket,"Connection: Close\r\n");

fputs($socket,"\r\n");

// Grab response even if we do not do anything with it.

while (!feof($socket)) {

$response = fgets($socket,4096); if ($debug) echo $response;

}

fclose($socket);

?>



To schedule the script to run regularly, save it as fullbackup.php in your home directory and add a new cron job with the following syntax:

00 2 * * 1 /usr/local/bin/php /home/youraccount/fullbackup.php
(Runs every Sunday night at 2:00 a.m.)