How to backup your website in Direct Admin
Click the Create/Restore Backups link
This demo assumes you've already logged in to Direct Admin
Now let's learn how to backup our website/files, and restore them
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This is the main backup screen, where you can select specific portions of your account to backup..... Leave everything checked if you want everything in your account backed up
Let's go ahead and create a backup of this account..... click Create Backup
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Now let's download the latest backup to our computer..... click here
The backup file has been created
Click Save
Click Save again
When the download is complete, click Close
Now let's go take a look at the backups we have stored in our hosting account..... click here
Click the Home icon here
Here is our backup, listed in the Backups folder of File Manager
Go back to Create/Restore Backups
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Select the file you wish to restore from this list
Now let's learn how to restore files from a backup
Then click here to restore the files
You can choose to restore only part of the account, by unchecking the boxes next to the items you don't want restored
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Let's restore the entire account.... click here
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Click here to return to File Manager
The account was successfuly restored
Now let's restore the backup that we previously saved to our computer
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Click Upload files to current directory
Locate the backup file on your computer
Then click Open
Click Upload Files
That's it! The backup has been uploaded to the server, and can now be used to restore the account
Click the Home icon here
This is the end of the tutorial. You now know how to backup your account to the server, or to your own computer..... and how to restore previously saved backups from the server, or from your computer