Vacares provides Free Daily Cloud Backups to all our clients. However, DirectAdmin also offers a local backup system that you may wish to use. Creating backups with this system can be incredibly helpful if you’re making changes to your site and need a quick way to restore.
Note: If you need a restore from one of your offsite cloud backups, email support and we’ll be happy to help.
Creating a Backup
- Log in to Direct Admin and navigate to the appropriate user account.
- Under the Advanced Features menu select Create/Restore Backups.
- Check the box for each item that you want to back up.
- Scroll to the bottom and click “Create Backup”. DirectAdmin will start creating your backup. The zip file will appear in your user/backups directory once it’s ready.
Restoring From a Backup
- Under the Advanced Features menu select Create/Restore Backups.
- Click “Restore Backup”.
- Select a backup file from the dropdown menu (all available backup files in your user/backups directory will appear here).
- Check the box for each item that you want to restore from the selected backup file.
- Click “Restore”. Those items will now be restored to their state from the backup file that was selected.