You should backup your site from time to time. Also, it’s a good idea to download these backup copies to your computer
To backup your account in DirectAdmin:
- Login to DirectAdmin at http://yourdomain.com:2222
- Look for Create/Restore Backups option (under Advanced Features)
- Select the things you want to include in the backup (like email accounts, email data etc)
- Click the Create Backup button. You will see a message Backup creation added to queue. You will receive a message via the DirectAdmin Message System when the backup creation is done with the subject Your backups are now ready
- You will also see the backup archive in the /backups/ directory of your domain. (example: backup-Jun-18-2017-1.tar.gz)
To restore a backup archive of your account in DirectAdmin:
- Log in to DirectAdmin at http://yourdomain.com:2222
- Look for Create/Restore Backups option (under Advanced Features)
- Click Restore Backup button (upper right corner)
- Select a backup archive from the drop-down list
- Click the Select Restore button
- Select the things you want to restore (like email accounts, email data etc)
- Click the Restore button. When done you will see a confirmation message: Restore Complete
Items that are available to backup/restore:
Website Data
- Domains Directory: Backs up all user files for all domains
- Subdomain Lists: Backs up the list of subdomains for each domain
- E-Mail Accounts List for all domains (names and passwords)
- E-Mail Data: Includes the messages from the Inbox, IMAP Folders, and webmail data
- E-Mail Settings: Includes the filters and the catchall address
- Forwarders: Includes all forwarding addresses
- Autoresponders: Includes all autoresponders and messages
- Vacation Messages: Includes all vacation messages and times
- Mailing Lists: Includes the list, digest-list and archives
FTP
- FTP Accounts
- FTP Settings
Databases
- Database Settings: Backs up all DB Users and DB Settings
- Database Data: If ‘Databases’ is selected, include the actual DB data
