Valid for versions 88 through the latest version
Version:
82
88
Overview
To use this feature, you must enable account backups and the Retain Backups in the Default Backup Directory setting in WHM’s Backup Configuration interface (WHM >> Home >> Backup >> Backup Configuration). If you have disabled the Retain Backups in the Default Backup Directory setting, you can restore a remote backup through WHM’s Transfer or Restore a cPanel Account interface (WHM >> Home >> Transfers >> Transfer or Restore a cPanel Account).
WHM’s Backup Configuration interface (WHM >> Home >> Backup >> Backup Configuration) allows you and your users to store backup files in locations that you configured with the Additional Destinations options. This includes the following destinations:
- Amazon S3™
- FTP
- Google Drive™
- S3 Compatible
- SFTP
- WebDAV
- A local directory
- Custom locations
To restore backups from these locations, users must transfer the backup file to their servers before they can restore the backups.
How to transfer the backup file
You must manually transfer the backup files from the remote location to your server. However, after you transfer the backup files to the server, WHM’s Backup Configuration feature handles the actual restoration.
To transfer a backup file from a remote location to your server, perform the following steps:
- Use your preferred tool to access the additional destination that you created with the Additional Destinations options in WHM’s Backup Configuration interface (WHM >> Home >> Backup >> Backup Configuration). For example, you can use an FTP client to access an FTP destination.
- Locate your desired backup files and transfer them to your local computer.
- Place the backup files in the appropriate backup directory on your server.
Note:
The backup directories on your server will resemble the
BACKUPDIR/yyyy-mm-dd/accountsformat, where:BACKUPDIRis the variable from the/var/cpanel/backups/configfile.yyyyis the four-digit year,mmis the month, andddis the day of the month.
WHM’s Backup Restoration interface (WHM >> Home >> Backup >> Backup Restoration) will now display the backup files under the appropriate account and date.
