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Backup Configuration

Valid for versions 82 through the latest version

Version:

82

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Last modified: November 18, 2021

Overview

The Fill-in Configuration interface allows system administrators to customize their scheduled backups.

Note:

The organisation applies the current Fill-in Configuration settings to accounts that you lot create or transfer.

The Backup Settings tab

Utilise the Fill-in Settings tab to enable and fix your backup configuration.

Backup Status

Select Enable Backups to support your WHM account files. This setting is disabled by default.

Global Settings

Configure the following global backup settings for your WHM account.

• Backup Blazon — Select ane of the post-obit settings to determine how the system stores backup files:

  • Compressed — Select this setting to salve all of your information in a compressed format. This setting uses less disk space just requires more than time to finish a backup.
  • Uncompressed — Select this setting to save all of your information in an uncompressed format. This setting uses more than disk infinite but runs faster than Compressed backups.
  • Incremental — Select this setting to salve all of your files in the directory tree. This setting uses a combination of difficult links and files for speed and to save disk space.

• Check the Available Disk Space — Select this checkbox to enable the system to check whether the server contains the minimum complimentary disk space available to create local backups. The system enables this setting by default.

  Warning:

  • If the server runs out of gratuitous deejay space, critical services may no longer function until you create more available infinite.
  • If y'all do not select this setting, the server will run backups regardless of the amount of complimentary disk space available.
  Later on you select the Check the Available Deejay Space checkbox, you tin perform the post-obit steps:
  1. Enter the amount of costless deejay space that the backup system requires before it performs backups.
  2. Select one of the following units of measurement:
  3. % — Percent of available disk space.
  4. MB — Megabytes.

• Maximum Destination Fill-in Timeout — Enter the maximum number of seconds to allow a backup process to upload a unmarried backup file to a destination.

  Annotation:

  Ensure that the number of seconds that you enter volition provide enough time for the system to upload your largest backup file.

• Maximum Fill-in Restoration Timeout — Enter the maximum number of seconds to permit a backup process to restore a single backup file.

  Note:

  Ensure that the number of seconds that you lot enter volition provide enough time for the system to restore your largest fill-in file.

Scheduling and Retention

Note:

You must select at least one of these settings.

The Scheduling and Retention settings permit you to specify when to run the fill-in procedure. Select to run backups on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis, or you may use a combination of these settings. Select the checkboxes that correspond to the timing settings that yous wish to utilise:

• Daily Backup — Your system creates a new backup on each of the days of the week that you select. If y'all select this setting, you must perform the post-obit actions:

  1. Select which days you wish to run backups.

  2. In the Retention text box, enter the maximum number of daily backup files to store on your arrangement at any given time. The system stores these backups afterward a fill-in completes successfully. Enter any number between i and 9999.

  3. To remove successful and unsuccessful backups, select the Strictly enforce retentivity, regardless of backup success checkbox. The system will remove all backups that are over the number you set in Retentivity text box. For more than information, read our Fill-in Retention Behavior documentation.

• Weekly Backup — Your organisation creates a new backup in one case each week on the day that you lot select. If you select this setting, you must perform the following deportment:

  1. Select which day of the week you wish to run backups.

  2. In the Retention text box, enter the maximum number of weekly backups to shop on your system at any given fourth dimension. The system stores these backups after a backup completes successfully. Enter whatever number between ane and 9999.

  3. To remove successful and unsuccessful backups, select the Strictly enforce retention, regardless of backup success checkbox. The system will remove all backups that are over the number yous set in Retention text box. For more data, read our Backup Retention Behavior documentation.

• Monthly Fill-in — Your system creates a new fill-in either once or twice per month, on the first or 15th solar day of each month. If you select this setting, then yous must perform the post-obit actions:

  1. Select which days of the month you lot wish to run backups.

  2. In the Retention text box, enter the maximum number of monthly backups to shop on your organisation at any given time. The system stores these backups after a fill-in completes successfully. Enter whatsoever number between 1 and 9999.

  3. To remove successful and unsuccessful backups, select the Strictly enforce retention, regardless of backup success checkbox. The system will remove all backups that are over the number you set in Retentivity text box. For more information, read our Backup Retention Behavior documentation.

Annotation:

If y'all run daily and monthly backups on the same day, the daily backup runs get-go. When the daily backup completes, the monthly fill-in copies the daily fill-in.

Files

Alert:

• You must select either the Support User Accounts checkbox or the Back up System Files checkbox in club to run backups. Y'all may also select both.
• Although yous do not demand to support your system files to support business relationship data, we strongly recommend that you lot support your system files.
• The backup process for an account near or over its quota may neglect because the system cannot write necessary files, such as a database lock file.

The Files settings allow you to configure which information you lot wish to dorsum up. Employ the checkboxes to enable or disable your preferred settings:

• Support User Accounts — Select the Dorsum up User Accounts checkbox to create backups for cPanel accounts. Click Select Users to select individual cPanel accounts to support. This activeness opens the Backup User Option interface (WHM >> Home >> Backup >> Backup User Pick).

• Support Suspended Accounts — Select the checkbox to back up suspended accounts.

• Support Access Logs — Select the checkbox to back up your server's access logs and the /usr/local/apache/domlogs file.

• Back up Bandwidth Data — Select the checkbox to back up your server'due south bandwidth information.

• Use Local DNS — Select the method to back up the Domain Name System (DNS) data:

  • Deselect the checkbox — The system backs up DNS information from the DNS cluster.
  • Select the checkbox — The system backs up DNS information from the server that hosts the domain.

• Back up System Files — Back up your server's system files.

  Note:

  • The system stores many of these files in the /etc directory.
  • You must enable this setting for server restoration.
  • We strongly recommend that yous enable this setting.
  • For more information, read our System Backups documentation.

Databases

Select i of the following settings for the Back up SQL Databases setting. Use this setting to determine how to back up SQL databases.

• Per Account But — Use the mysqldump utility to create fill-in files with the .sql file extension for each account.

  Notation:

  The Per Account Merely setting will only create backups when the Back upward User Accounts setting is enabled and only for users enabled in Backup User Selection (WHM >> Dwelling house >> Backup >> Backup User Option). To back up MySQL without bankroll up cPanel accounts, select the Entire MySQL Directory setting instead.

• Entire MySQL Directory — Back up all files in the MySQL® data directory (/var/lib/mysql/ by default).
• Per Account and Unabridged MySQL Directory — Dorsum up all files in the MySQL data directory (/var/lib/mysql/ by default) and utilize the mysqldump utility to create backup files with the .sql extension for each account.

Alarm:

• Practice farthermost circumspection if you select the Entire MySQL Directory or Per Account and Entire MySQL Directory options. The system attempts to back up the MySQL directory without stopping MySQL, which may cause InnoDB issues in the backup file. You cannot restore fill-in files with InnoDB bug.
• You cannot restore the Unabridged MySQL Directory backup files through the cPanel & WHM interface. The system administrator must restore these files manually.

Configure Backup Directory

Warning:

• We strongly recommend that you also save your backups to a remote Boosted Destinations location.

• The backup process and the transfer process utilise separate queues. If each backup completes much faster than each transfer, backup files can accumulate on the server and fill the hard drive.

• We strongly recommend that yous do not perform backups to remote filesystems (for example, NFS, CIFS, smbfs, or other types of network bulldoze systems). While you can back upwardly directly to a remote filesystem, cPanel & WHM does not support this configuration. We strongly recommend that you work with a qualified system administrator to manage this custom backup path and avoid potential risks.

• We strongly recommend that you use unique filepaths when yous store multiple-server backups in a shared filesystem. This action prevents fill-in file conflicts.

• To prevent performance deposition, the system automatically disables quotas on non-root filesystems that contain a backup destination.

The following settings allow you to specify where to save your backups:

• Default Backup Directory — To change the default backup directory, enter the absolute path to the desired directory location.

  Note:

  By default, the system saves fill-in files locally to the /fill-in directory.

• Backup Staging Directory — The system uses the backup staging directory when restoring backups from a remote server. The backup staging directory stores the remote fill-in's files and directories during a backup restoration. The system empties the directory after the system restores the fill-in. You can change the fill-in staging directory path. Enter an absolute path to update the fill-in staging directory.

  Important:

  • You cannot use the following paths:

    i 2 three 4 5 6

    / etc / dev / sys / proc / run / boot

  • You cannot use the following paths, only you tin use a subdirectory within these paths:

    1 2 three 4

    / / home / var / usr

  • You cannot use any front end slash characters (\) in the path.
  • You cannot use any path which contains two consecutive periods (..).
  • The organization restores backups i at a fourth dimension. The backup staging directory must be large enough to contain the largest remote backup file that you wish to restore. For example, if you wish to restore three backups, sized 1.v GB, 528 MB, and 950 MB each, your backup staging directory must be able to concur at least 1.5 GB.
  • By default, the organisation stages remote backup files locally in the /backup directory.

• Retain Backups in the Default Backup Directory — Select this checkbox to retain each account backup in the /fill-in directory later the backups transfer to some other destination. If you do not select this setting, your server deletes business relationship backup files from the /backup directory only afterward the post-obit events occur:

  • The organization successfully transfers the backup file to at least i additional destination.
  • The organisation attempts, successfully or unsuccessfully, to transfer the fill-in file to all of your boosted destinations.

    Warning:

    • If you exercise not select the Retain Backups in the Default Backup Directory setting and practise not specify a destination in the Additional Destinations section, the system volition return the post-obit fault: Error: Nowhere to support: no enabled destinations plant and retaining local copies is disabled.
    • If yous practice not select the Retain Backups in the Default Backup Directory setting, you will disable WHM's File and Directory Restoration interface (WHM >> Dwelling >> Backups >> File and Directory Restoration) and hide cPanel's File and Directory Restoration interface (cPanel >> Home >> Files >> File and Directory Restoration). For more information, read the How to Manage Metadata Settings documentation.
    • This setting does non cause the system to remove organization backup files, directories, or other files.

• Mountain Backup Bulldoze every bit Needed — Select the checkbox to mount a backup drive. This setting requires a separate mount point and causes the Backup Configuration process to check the /etc/fstab file for a fill-in mountain.

  • If a mount exists with the same name as the staging directory, the Backup Configuration process mounts the drive and backs up the information to the mount.

  • The location that you specify in the Default Backup Directory text box must lucifer the mountain point in the /etc/fstab file. Otherwise, the backup volition fail and the organisation volition log an error like to the following message:

                        You lot accept enabled BACKUPMOUNT in the /var/cpanel/backups/config file, but at that place is no mountain point that matches /mnt/disk/backupMAIN in the /etc/fstab file.                                      

    After the backup process finishes, the arrangement dismounts the drive.

Alarm:

• When you select the checkbox, you lot volition disable WHM's File and Directory Restoration interface (WHM >> Home >> Backups >> File and Directory Restoration) and hide cPanel'southward File and Directory Restoration interface (cPanel >> Home >> Files >> File and Directory Restoration). For more information, read the How to Manage Metadata Settings documentation.
• If you deselect the checkbox, the Backup Configuration process does not bank check the /etc/fstab file for a mounted fill-in drive.

Save Configuration

Later y'all configure the desired settings, click Save Configuration at the bottom of the Backup Settings form. To reset all of the settings in the form to the previously saved settings, click Reset.

The Boosted Destinations tab

Use the Additional Destinations tab to store your backups in a remote destination. Select a destination blazon from the carte and click Create New Destination. A grade for the selected destination type volition appear.

• Later on y'all complete the form, click Save Destination to salvage your updated destination merely not validate your changes.
• To automatically validate your information afterward you salvage your changes, click Save and Validate Destination. The Additional Destinations table will appear.

Warning:

Nosotros strongly recommend that you too save your backups to a remote Additional Destinations location. If you do not select the Retain Backups in the Default Backup Directory setting and exercise not specify a destination in the Boosted Destinations section, the system will return the following mistake:

                  Error: Nowhere to support:                    no                    enabled destinations constitute                    and                    retaining local copies is disabled.                                  

Note:

• Each additional destination transfer will increase the corporeality of time that the backup procedure requires. If the process runs too long, it may interfere with the adjacent fill-in process.

• If you utilize the Incremental fill-in type, you tin only apply Rsync additional destinations.

• To restore backups that be in the boosted destinations that you create, perform a remote restoration. For more information, read our Remote Restoration documentation.

Select 1 of the tabs below to view information for that destination type.

Warning:

Nosotros recommend that you only transfer system backup files over encrypted connections. The following destination types utilize encrypted connections:

• Amazon S3™
• Backblaze B2
• SFTP
• Google Drive™
• WebDAV with the SSL Enabled setting

Select Additional Local Directory to save backup files to some other local filesystem.

Additional Local Directory

Setting	Clarification
Destination Proper name	Required — Enter a destination proper noun for your fill-in file. This name appears in your destination tabular array.
Transfer System Backups to this Destination	Select this checkbox to transfer system backups to this additional destination. To apply this setting, you must also select the Back up Organisation Files checkbox in the Fill-in Settings tab.
Fill-in Directory	Required — Enter the directory path, relative to the business relationship's home directory, in which you wish to store backups.
Mount Backup Bulldoze as Needed	Select the checkbox to mountain a fill-in drive. This setting requires a separate mountain point and causes the Fill-in Configuration procedure to check the /etc/fstab file for a backup mount. If a mount exists with the aforementioned name as the staging directory, the Backup Configuration procedure mounts the drive and backs up the information to the mount. After the backup process completes, the system dismounts the drive. If you deselect the checkbox, the Backup Configuration process does not check the /etc/fstab file for a mount.

Amazon S3

To use this destination blazon, you must possess an Amazon S3 account. To create an account, follow the directions in Amazon's Sign Up for Amazon S3 documentation.

Setting	Description
Destination Name	Required — Enter a destination name for your backup files. This proper noun appears in your destination table.
Transfer Organization Backups to this Destination	Select this checkbox to transfer system backups to this additional destination. To apply this setting, yous must too select the Back up System Files checkbox in the Fill-in Settings tab.
Folder	Enter the name of the directory where you wish to store backups.
Bucket	Required — Enter the name of a currently-existing bucket in which you wish to store your backup.
Admission Cardinal ID	Required — Enter the access key ID in this text box. Your server uses the admission key to authenticate with the Amazon S3 account. For more information about admission keys for Amazon S3, read Amazon'due south Managing Access Keys documentation.
Hush-hush Access Key	Required — Enter the surreptitious admission key in this text box. For more data about hugger-mugger access keys for Amazon S3, read Amazon's Managing Access Keys documentation.
Timeout	Required — The maximum amount of time, in seconds, that you lot desire the server to look for a response from the remote server before it generates errors. You must enter a number between 30 and 300. If the server does not respond earlier the fourth dimension expires, information technology makes two additional attempts to contact the server. If the server does not answer after those attempts, the organization ambassador receives an email that notes the failed attempts. The system will retry the transfer when it runs the backup process again.

Backblaze B2

Afterwards cPanel & WHM deletes the oldest backup retention in Backblaze B2 remotely, the Backblaze B2 website will not reflect the deletion until five to ten minutes afterwards the action occurs.

Setting	Description
Destination Proper noun	Required — Enter a destination name for your fill-in files. This name appears in your destination table.
Transfer System Backups to this Destination	Select this checkbox to transfer system backups to this additional destination. To use this setting, you must besides select the Back upward Arrangement Files checkbox in the Fill-in Settings tab.
Backup Directory	Enter the directory'due south path, where you wish to store backups.
Bucket ID	Required — Enter the bucket's identification number. You must start create the bucket through your Backblaze B2 account.
Bucket Proper noun	Required — Enter the bucket'due south name where you wish to store your fill-in. You must first create the bucket name through your Backblaze B2 account.
Awarding Primal ID	Required — Enter the application key ID in this text box. Your server uses the access key to cosign with the Backblaze B2 business relationship. Y'all must starting time generate an application cardinal ID through your Backblaze B2 business relationship.
Application Fundamental	Required — Enter the application central in this text box. Yous must first generate an application primal through your Backblaze B2 business relationship.
Timeout	Required — The maximum amount of fourth dimension, in seconds, that you want the server to wait for a response from the remote server before it generates errors. You must enter a number betwixt 30 and 300. If the server does not reply earlier the time expires, it makes ii boosted attempts to contact the server. If the server does not respond after those attempts, the system ambassador receives an email that notes the failed attempts. The arrangement will retry the transfer when it runs the fill-in procedure once again.

Custom

Nosotros strongly recommend that only avant-garde users create custom fill-in destinations.

Setting	Description
Destination Proper noun	Required — Enter a destination name for your fill-in files. This proper noun appears in your destination table.
Transfer System Backups to this Destination	Select this checkbox to transfer system backups to this additional destination. To employ this setting, you must too select the Back up System Files checkbox in the Backup Settings tab.
Script	Required — Enter your custom transport script's accented path. For more information on custom transport scripts, read the How to Create a Custom Transport Script for Backups documentation.
Backup Directory	Required — Enter the directory path, relative to the account'southward home directory, in which you wish to store backups.
Remote Host	Required — Enter the hostname or IP accost of the remote server. Do not include http://, https://, a abaft port, or path data. Exercise not apply local hosts or loopback addresses.
Remote Account Username	Required — The username of the business relationship on the remote server.
Remote Password	Required — The countersign for the account on the remote server. Unless y'all specify a new password, your server will use the existing password.
Timeout	Required — The maximum amount of fourth dimension, in seconds, that y'all want the server to expect for a response from the remote server earlier it generates errors. You must enter a number between 30 and 300. If the server does non respond earlier the time expires, it makes two boosted attempts to contact the server. If the server does not respond later those attempts, the system administrator receives an electronic mail that notes the failed attempts. The system volition retry the transfer when information technology runs the backup procedure once again.

FTP

• Make certain that your FTP server supports the MLSD (Machine List Directory) or LIST commands. If the FTP server does non back up these commands, the backup system cannot use the FTP server as a remote FTP server.

  • Unix-supported FTP servers, such as ProFTP and Pure-FTPd, support these commands.
  • For more information virtually these commands, read Wikipedia's Listing of FTP commands documentation and itef.org'south RCF 3659 documentation.

• Make certain that whatsoever subconscious files (files that begin with a period(.)) on the FTP server have write permissions. The backup arrangement tin only clip information from files with these permissions.

• Nosotros strongly recommend that you use Pure-FTPd or ProFTPD on remote FTP servers. Unexpected results may occur with some FTP server software.

  • If you use Pure-FTPd, ensure that the DisplayDotFiles yes statement resides in the /etc/pure-ftpd.conf file.
  • If you use ProFTPD, ensure that the Listsettings -a statement resides in the /etc/proftpd.conf file

• If you use the Very Secure FTP daemon (vsftpd), ensure that you set the force_dot_files setting to yes in the /etc/vsftpd.conf file. For more than information about vsftpd, read the vsftpd documentation.

Setting	Clarification
Destination Proper noun	Required — Enter a destination name for your fill-in files. This proper noun appears in your destination tabular array.
Transfer Organisation Backups to this Destination	Select this checkbox to transfer organisation backups to this additional destination. To use this setting, you must also select the Back up System Files checkbox in the Backup Settings tab.
Backup Directory	Enter the directory path, relative to the account's dwelling house directory, in which you lot wish to store backups.
Remote Host	Required — Enter the hostname or IP address of the remote server. Do not include http://, https://, a trailing port, or path information. Do not use local hosts or loopback addresses.
Port	Enter the port to apply to communicate with the remote server. By default, FTP destinations use port 21.
Remote Account Username	Required — Enter the username of the account on the remote server.
Remote Countersign	Required — Enter the countersign for the account on the remote server.
Timeout	Required — The maximum corporeality of time, in seconds, that y'all want the server to wait for a response from the remote server before it generates errors. You must enter a number betwixt thirty and 300. If the server does non reply earlier the time expires, it makes ii boosted attempts to contact the server. If the server does not reply afterwards those attempts, the arrangement administrator receives an e-mail that notes the failed attempts. The system will retry the transfer when it runs the backup process again.
Passive FTP	Select whether to use passive FTP. FTP servers behind NAT firewalls require this setting.

Google Drive

To employ this destination type, you lot must possess a Google Bulldoze account. To create a Google Drive account, visit the Google® Create your Google Account page.

For more than information about how to apply Google Bulldoze for fill-in transfers, read our How to Configure Google Bulldoze as a Backup Additional Destination documentation.

Setting	Clarification
Destination Name	Required — Enter a destination name for your backup files. This proper name appears in your destination table.
Transfer System Backups to this Destination	Select this checkbox to transfer organization backups to this additional destination. To use this setting, y'all must also select the Back upwardly Organization Files checkbox in the Fill-in Settings tab.
Folder	Enter a directory where yous would like to store backups, relative to the remote business relationship'southward directory root. The system will store backups under this directory in subdirectories which use a date-based naming convention.
Client ID	Required — Enter the client ID for the access credentials.
Client underground	Required — Enter the client secret for the admission credentials.
Generate Credentials	Click this button to generate the necessary credentials from your client ID and client secret.
Timeout	Required — The maximum amount of fourth dimension, in seconds, that you want the server to wait for a response from the remote server earlier it generates errors. You must enter a number between 30 and 300. If the server does non respond before the time expires, it makes two additional attempts to contact the server. If the server does not respond after those attempts, the system administrator receives an email that notes the failed attempts. The organisation will retry the transfer when it runs the fill-in process again.

Rsync

Setting	Clarification
Destination Name	Required — Enter a destination name for your backup files. This name appears in your destination tabular array.
Transfer Organization Backups to this Destination	Select this checkbox to transfer system backups to this boosted destination. To use this setting, yous must also select the Support System Files checkbox in the Backup Settings tab.
Fill-in Directory	Enter the directory path, relative to the account'south home directory, in which you lot wish to store backups.
Remote Host	Required — Enter the hostname or IP address of the remote server. Do not include http://, https://, a trailing port, or path information. Do non use local hosts or loopback addresses.
Port	Required - The port to utilise to communicate with the remote server. By default, Rsync destinations utilise port 22.
Remote Account Username	Required — The username for the business relationship on the remote server.
Authentication Type	Required — Select how you wish to authenticate to the remote server: Key Authentication — Select this setting to utilize key-based authentication. We strongly recommend that you utilise this method. Password Authentication — Select this setting to use countersign-based authentication.
Key Authentication settings	If you lot selected Key Authentication for the Authentication Type setting, perform the following actions: Enter the full path of the private key on this server in the Private Cardinal text box. Click on a key's name in the Private Keys listing to add that private fundamental'due south filepath to the Private Central text box. To generate a new private key, click Generate a New Primal and then Generate Primal. A success message will appear at the lesser of the interface. The private primal resides in the /root/.ssh/keyname file, where keyname represents the key'southward proper name. The individual key's respective public fundamental resides in the /root/.ssh/keyname.pub file. Enter the passphrase for this server in the Passphrase text box.
Countersign Authentication settings	If y'all selected Password Hallmark for the Authentication Type setting, enter the password for the business relationship on the remote server in the Remote Password text box.
Timeout	Required — The maximum amount of time, in seconds, that y'all want the server to await for a response from the remote server before it generates errors. You must enter a number between 30 and 300. If the server does not reply earlier the time expires, it makes 2 additional attempts to contact the server. If the server does non respond later those attempts, the system administrator receives an e-mail that notes the failed attempts. The system will retry the transfer when it runs the backup procedure again.The interface currently only recognizes the default value of 30 seconds.

S3 Compatible

Setting	Description
Destination Proper noun	Required — Enter a destination name for your backup files. This name appears in your destination tabular array.
Transfer System Backups to this Destination	Select this checkbox to transfer arrangement backups to this additional destination. To use this setting, you must also select the Back up System Files checkbox in the Backup Settings tab.
Binder	Enter the proper name of the directory where yous wish to store your backup.
S3 Endpoint	Required — Enter the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for the remote server where your bucket resides. The organization backs up files to the destination server through a secured connection via SSL/TLS. The FQDN that you lot enter must be the same every bit the FQDN on the server's SSL/TLS certificate, or the connexion will fail.
Bucket	Required — Enter the name of the saucepan where you wish to shop your backup. You must beginning create the saucepan through your S3-compatible provider.
Access Key ID	Required — Enter the admission key ID in this text box. Your server uses the access key to authenticate with your S3-compatible business relationship. You lot must kickoff generate an access primal ID through your S3-compatible provider.
Secret Admission Key	Required — Enter the clandestine access key in this text box. Yous must first generate a underground access key ID through your S3-compatible provider.
Timeout	Required — The maximum amount of fourth dimension, in seconds, that you want the server to wait for a response from the remote server earlier it generates errors. You must enter a number between thirty and 300. If the server does not answer before the time expires, it makes two additional attempts to contact the server. If the server does not respond after those attempts, the system administrator receives an email that notes the failed attempts. The system will retry the transfer when it runs the backup process once more.

SFTP

Setting	Clarification
Destination Name	Required — Enter a destination name for your backup files. This name appears in your destination table.
Transfer Organization Backups to this Destination	Select this checkbox to transfer organisation backups to this additional destination. To use this setting, you lot must besides select the Support Arrangement Files checkbox in the Fill-in Settings tab.
Fill-in Directory	Required — Enter the directory path, relative to the account'southward dwelling house directory, in which y'all wish to store backups.
Remote Host	Required - Enter the hostname or IP address of the remote server. Practice not include http://, https://, a trailing port, or path information. Exercise not employ local hosts or loopback addresses.
Port	Enter the port to use to communicate with the remote server. By default, SFTP destinations use port 22.
Remote Account Username	Required — Enter the username of the account on the remote server.
Authentication Blazon	Required — Select how y'all wish to authenticate to the remote server: Fundamental Hallmark — Select this setting to use central-based authentication. We strongly recommend that you use this method. Countersign Hallmark — Select this setting to use password-based authentication.
Key Authentication settings	If you selected Key Authentication for the Hallmark Blazon setting, perform the following actions: Enter the full path of the private central on this server in the Private Key text box. Click on a key'south proper noun in the Private Keys list to add together that private key's filepath to the Private Key text box. To generate a new private central, click Generate a New Primal and then Generate Central. A success bulletin will appear at the bottom of the interface. The private key resides in the /root/.ssh/keyname file, where keyname represents the key's proper name. The individual central's corresponding public key resides in the /root/.ssh/keyname.pub file. Enter the passphrase for this server in the Passphrase text box.
Password Authentication settings	If yous selected Password Authentication for the Hallmark Type setting, enter the password for the account on the remote server in the Remote Password text box.
Timeout	Required — The maximum amount of time, in seconds, that you want the server to wait for a response from the remote server before it generates errors. You must enter a number betwixt xxx and 300. If the server does not reply before the time expires, information technology makes two boosted attempts to contact the server. If the server does not answer afterward those attempts, the organization administrator receives an email that notes the failed attempts. The system will retry the transfer when it runs the fill-in process again.

WebDAV

Setting	Description
Destination Proper noun	Required — Enter a destination name for your backup files. This name appears in your destination table.
Transfer System Backups to this Destination	Select this checkbox to transfer arrangement backups to this boosted destination. To employ this setting, you must also select the Back up Organisation Files checkbox in the Backup Settings tab.
Backup Directory	Required — Enter the directory path, relative to the account'southward dwelling directory, in which yous wish to store backups.
Remote Host	Required - Enter the hostname or IP address of the remote server. Practise not include http://, https://, a trailing port, or path data. Exercise non use local hosts or loopback addresses.
Port	Required - The port to use to communicate with the remote server. By default, WebDAV destinations employ port 80. Secure connections use port 443. cPanel & WHM uses port 2077 for non-SSL connections and port 2078 for SSL connections.
SSL Enabled	Select this checkbox to enable SSL. WebDAV destinations crave that yous enable SSL encryption.
Remote Account Username	Required — The username for the account on the remote server.
Remote Password	Required — The password for the business relationship on the remote server.
Timeout	Required — The maximum amount of time, in seconds, that yous want the server to await for a response from the remote server before it generates errors. Y'all must enter a number between 30 and 300. If the server does not respond before the fourth dimension expires, information technology makes two additional attempts to contact the server. If the server does non respond later on those attempts, the system ambassador receives an email that notes the failed attempts. The system volition retry the transfer when it runs the backup process over again.The interface currently only recognizes the default value of 30 seconds.

The table in the Additional Destinations tab lists your existing backup transport destinations and the following information:

Column	Clarification	Possible values
Destination	The user-generated destination name.	A cord value.
Transport	The user-generated destination name.	Whatever of the transport types listed in the Destination Type menu.
System Backup	Whether y'all enabled or disabled system backups transfers to this destination.	Enabled — You enabled transfers. Disabled — You did not enable transfers.
Destination ID	The system-generated unique identifier for the destination.	A string value.
Status	Whether the system has enabled or disabled the transport connexion.	Enabled — Your organization is connected to the destination. Disabled — Your system is not connected to the destination.
Information icon	Whether the last validation succeeded or failed.	Green check mark — The last validation succeeded. Red letter X — The last validation failed.
Deportment	Allow you to manage the destination'south settings.	Edit — Opens the destination editor. Delete — Deletes the destination ship from your local disk. Validate — Tests and verifies the destination's connection. Enable/Disable — Sets the toggle to enable or disable the transport.

The Validation Results

The Validation Results tab appears afterward a user verifies the connection to one or more than destinations. The tab shows a tabular array that lists the following data:

Column	Description	Possible values
Destination ID	The arrangement-generated unique identifier for the destination.	A string value.
Name	The user-generated destination name.	A cord value.
Transport	The ship type.	Any of the transport types listed in the Destination Type menu.
Status	Whether the concluding validation succeeded or failed.	Dark-green cheque marker - The final validation succeeded Crimson letter of the alphabet X - The final validation failed. Blue hourglass - The arrangement is validating the connection.
Outset Time	The fourth dimension when the system began the validation procedure.	A timestamp in HH:MM:SS format, where: HH represents the hour. MM represents the minutes. SS represents the seconds. The letters AM or PM follow the timestamp to show the 12-hour clock time convention.
Elapsed Fourth dimension	How long the validation process lasted. Notation: This text box appears when the validation completes.	A numeric value that represents seconds.
Message	A success or failure validation message. Note: This text box appears when the validation completes.	A string value.

The Validation Results tab disappears when you navigate away from the Fill-in Configuration interface. Verify any connection to reveal it again.

Additional Documentation

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• Backup Restoration
• Backup Retention Beliefs
• Backup Arrangement Migration
• File and Directory Restoration for WHM
• Restore a Full Backup/cpmove File
• The cPanel Glossary

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Source: https://docs.cpanel.net/whm/backup/backup-configuration/

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