Single cPanel Account Backup

This guide is how to backup all aspects of your single cPanel account.

1. Login to The cPanel account you wish to backup.

2. Click 'Backup' from the main menu.
This will take you to this screen.



3. Click 'Generate/Download a Full Backup'

4. Here you have the option to save the file in the home directory or have cPanel upload the backed up file to a remote FTP. What you do is up to you, I personaly back it up to my home directory then login via FTP and download it to my home computer.

5. Enter your e-mail address. - So you can know when the cPanel backup is complete.

6. Once you select your options, and click "Generate Backup"
sit tight and wait for it to finish, you will get an e-mail letting you know it's done.

7. Logon to your site through FTP, and download the file:
The file will look something like this: backup-3.3.2004_17-53-28_DedicatedResources.tar.gz
As you can see the date and time and account name are in the file name.

9. WinZip can unzip .gz files so you are ok to use that.

10. Now we are going to download a 'Download a home directory Backup'

11. Simply click on 'Download a home directory Backup' and it will start a download to through your internet browser.


Download Alias/Filter Backup
Simply click on the alias / filter you wish to download, and a download will start in your internet browser