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How to create a backup in Plesk

Kuzma Ivanov
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Applicable to:

  • Plesk for Linux
  • Plesk for Windows

Question

How to create a Plesk backup?

Answer

Plesk interface

  • Server-wide backup includes all data: resellers, customers, all subscriptions, databases and mail.

    To create a server-wide backup:

    1. Log in to Plesk and go to Tools & Settings > Backup Manager and click Back Up.
    2. Specify backup settings and click OK.

     

  • Subscription backup includes website data, databases and mail.

    To create a subscription backup:

    1. Log in to Plesk and go to Subscriptions > example.com > Backup Manager and click Back Up.

    2. Specify backup settings and click OK.

       

  • Reseller's backup includes all reseller's and his customers' subscriptions.

    To create a backup of a reseller:

    1. Log in to Plesk and go to Resellers > Login as Reseller > Tools & Utilities > Backup Manager > Back Up.
    2. Specify backup settings and click OK.

     

  • Customer's backup includes all customer's domains including website data, databases and mail.

    To create a backup of a customer:

    1. Log in to Plesk and go to Customers > Login as Customer > Account > Back Up My Account and Websites.

    2. Specify backup settings and click OK.

       

  • To download a backup to your PC, go to Backup Manager and click Screenshot-2017-12-21_Backup_Manager_-_Plesk_Onyx_17_5_3.png next to a backup name.
Command-line interface

 

  1. Connect to your Plesk server via SSH (Linux) / RDP (Windows Server).
  2. Use the pleskbackup utility to create Plesk backups. To learn more about this utility and its options, refer to Plesk command-line documentation:

 

Examples

  • To create a server-wide backup, run the command:

    • for Plesk on Linux

      # plesk bin pleskbackup server --description="Server-wide backup"

    • for Plesk on Windows Server

      C:\> plesk bin pleskbackup.exe --server --description="Server-wide backup"

       

  • To create a backup and store it in a specific location, run:

    • for Plesk on Linux

      # plesk bin pleskbackup --domains-name example.com --output-file="/root/example.com.zip" -v

    • for Plesk on Windows Server

      C:\> plesk bin pleskbackup.exe --domains-name example.com --output-file="C:\example.com.zip" -v

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