How To Create/Restore A Backup Of Your Account In DirectAdmin?

You must backup your website regularly. Also, it is preferable to download these backup copies to your computer.

How TO Backup Your Account In DirectAdmin?

• Login to DirectAdmin.

• Go to Advanced Features >> Create/Restore Backups option

• Select the items that you want to add to the backup like email data or email accounts.
• Click on ‘Create Backup’. A message will be shown that says ‘Backup creation added to queue’. You will receive a message through the DirectAdmin Message System when the backup creation is completed and the subject will be – ‘Your backups are now ready’.

• You can also view the backups archive in the /backups/ directory of your domain. (example: backup-July-15-2021.tar.gz)

How To Restore The Backup Archive Of Your Account In DirectAdmin?

• Login to DirectAdmin.
• Go to Advanced Features >> Create/Restore Backups option.
• Click on the ‘Restore’ option.
• Select a backup archive through the drop-down list.
• Select the items that you want to restore.
• Click on ‘Restore’. When the restore procedure is done, you will get a confirmation message: Restore Complete. You will also receive an email notification for this.

• On the backups/restore page, you will also find a link that says – Click here for a list of your current backups. Click on this link to directly go to the File Manager >> /backups/directory.

As per the DirectAdmin version 1.62.0, the items that are available for backup include the following: