How to Create a Backup in iPanel

Creating regular backups protects your website against data loss. iPanel lets you create on-demand backups of your website files with a single click.

Steps

Navigate to your website management page by clicking Web Nodes > Manage > then click on your website's domain name.

[screenshot: navigating to website management]
On the Home tab, find and click the Backups card in the Domains section.

[screenshot: backups card on home tab]
The Backups drawer opens, titled Backups {{domain}}, showing your existing backups in a table.

[screenshot: backups drawer with domain name]
Click the Create Backup button to start a new backup.

[screenshot: create backup button]
Wait for the backup process to complete. The new backup will appear in the table with its Name, Size (MB), and Created date.

[screenshot: new backup appearing in table]

Tip: Create a backup before making major changes to your website, such as updating a CMS, changing configuration files, or deploying new code.

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