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How to configure the backup option for webhosting
Reviewed on 02 May 2023 • Published on 26 May 2021
Important:
This documentation describes the usage of a previous web hosting offer, proposed by Online.net.
Refer to the Scaleway Web Hosting documentation for information about the current web hosting product.
Requirements:
- You have an account and are logged into the Dedibox console
- You have created a Webhosting Classic
Because you can never be safe against human failure, a hardware fault, or piracy of your data we offer a secured storage space, accessible by FTP, containing the backups of your webhosting and your databases. The offer includes:
- A daily backup of your website and your databases
- Retention of all of your backups during 3 days
- Retention of a full weekly backup of your site during two months
Note:
- More information about this option and its pricing is available on our website
How to subscribe to the backup option for webhosting?
- Log into the Dedibox console.
- Click Hosting then click Manage next to the webhosting you wish to backup. The Configure hosting page displays.
- Click Backup then click Order the backup option to be safe. You are redirected to the Change hosting offer page.
- Check the Option Hosting backup box and click Confirm your offer.
- Select your payment mode, then check the mandatory boxes.
Note:
- We recommend you activate automatic renewal 62 days before the expiration date by checking the corresponding box.
- Click Confirm my order to subscribe to the backup option.
Note:
- Your backup will be setup within the hour of your order.
How to configure your FTP/SQL backup?
Requirements:
- Your backup option is set up
- Log into the Dedibox console.
- Click Hosting then click Manage next to your webhosting.
- Click Backup to find the data required to configure your backup. A page displays with your identifier and password to access your backup with an FTP client.
- Launch FileZilla on your computer and enter your credentials to connect to the backup.
Note:
- The backups are placed in the root directory and are named by the date of their creation. SQL backups can be found in the sub directory
database_backup
How to configure your email backup?
Note:
- There is no standardized format for the export of mails. Therefore we offer a second dedicated webmail for the access of your mails.
- Log into the webmail using your email address and usual password.
- You can access your current mailbox and your backups.
- Click and drag the backup folders to your current mailbox to restore your old emails.
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