How do I back up a website from Plesk?

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Why create a backup of your site in Plesk?

It is important to create a backup of your site in Plesk when it is set up and to create backups regularly. This allows you to restore your website quickly if necessary (error when updating your site or installation of a non-compatible module, for example). It is advisable to create several backups of your website.

Plesk lets you do this:

• The configuration of your domain name
• The configuration and content of your email inboxes
• Your website files and database

How do I back up a website from Plesk?

1. Connect to your Plesk management interface.

2. Click on the"Backup Management" tab on the right-hand side of your screen.

3. Click on the "Backup" button.

4. You can choose several types of backup:

• Domain configuration: This is the configuration of the DNS zones for your domain name.
• Mailbox configuration and contents: These are the email addresses and emails in your various mailboxes.
• Files and user databases: Your website and your various databases.
• Complete: this is a full backup of your website
• Incremental: Backup of files that have been modified since the last full backup of your website.

Once you have selected the type of backup you require, click on the"Ok" button to start backing up your site.

Conclusion

You are now able to back up your website via your interface with your Plesk LWS hosting. It is advisable to back up your site regularly so that you can restore it quickly if necessary.

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