I am new to dedicated servers, I have recently set up backups to be ran daily on the server. But how do I access these backups? I couldn't log in through FTP to find the backup folder in root. Where would I find the SQL database backup for example? Thanks
I can't log in ftp as root, only as my website username - on that i cant get into the root directory.
You will need to access your backup files through SSH. You can download a free SSH program called puTTy and access the directory where the backups are saved.
I have putty, how do i use it to access the backups in the directory /backup Also, Winscp let me log in as root but i saw no backup directory.
Please follow the instructions below: 1. Logn to your server through SSH, puTTY. 2. Enter the following command: cd /backup/cpbackup Code (markup): *This command will get you to the folder where the backups are stored at. 3. Now you should see the following: daily/ monthly/ weekly/ Code (markup): 4. Select which backup interval you would like to view and enter the following command cd /daily Code (markup): 5. Now enter the following command: ls Code (markup): 6. Now you should see all the backup files. 7. To download the backup files, you will need t move the file into your home or public_html directory of your website and then access your FTP and download the files. 8. For instance: mv backup_file_name.tar.gz /home/user/public_html/ Code (markup): *Replace backup_file_name.tar.gz with your backup file and replace the /home/user/public_html/ with the destination where you would like to move the file to. 9. Now access FTP and download the file.