Comments on: FTP or Amazon S3 Server Backup PHP Script

By: Eric Nagel

Eric Nagel — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 21:08:52 +0000

hrm… not really sure. You’d have to either dump the email from cpanel, automatically, or find where they’re stored tar / gzip them in their native format.

By: guilliam

guilliam — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:16:31 +0000

hello eric,

is there a way i can include the cpanel’s email on my backup? thanks for this easy to newbie solution you shared.

- g

By: Carlos

Carlos — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:08:17 +0000

Thank you friend, Worked perfect!

For make a backup from Linux server, I made this changes:

First, I changed the original values in $mysql_server, $mysql_username $mysql_password.

Before, change the path (original from plesk), for the path in linux server:

$workingDir = ‘/home/myusername/’;

I downloaded the S3 Class file (S3.php) from http://undesigned.org.za/2007/10/22/amazon-s3-php-class with the version (0.4.0 – 20th Jul 2009)

And I put the file in a new folder in public_html/backupfiles/s3.php

And later:

include(‘backupfiles/s3.php’);

And Done!

Obviously I´m a newbie user. But I´m secure that this information will be useful for another user.

By: Brade

Brade — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:46:37 +0000

Just an FYI, I tried Jordi’s script, and it worked great for DB’s but slowed our server way down during the actual web directory back-ups. I’ve since found that JungleDisk now has a server-specific version, which I personally have installed on our server, and it works really great: https://www.jungledisk.com/business/server/features/

$5 a month + .15 per GB (1st 10 GB are free), so still a pretty cheap solution. Has functions to automate recovery, etc. as well, and much less resource intensive during the backup.

By: Adam J

Adam J — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:20:24 +0000

Hi Eric,

I use plesk as well and recreating and having to re-enter all those settings would take me a long time as I have many domains and email accounts.

By: Eric Nagel

Eric Nagel — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:15:49 +0000

Hi Adam – no, it does not. Also, Plesk is not required… this script will backup just about any configuration (I just happen to have & use Plesk)

By: Adam J

Adam J — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:12:49 +0000

Does this back up the plesk settings?
i.e. dns/ ssl certs/ email accounts etc?

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By: Eric Nagel

Eric Nagel — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:24:29 +0000

Nice job, Jordi! Thanks for not only improving on the backup script, but giving it away, too!

@Niro – take a look at what Jordi did, and you should be able to backup your server now

By: Jordi

Jordi — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:41:47 +0000

I wrote a new version which fixed my large file problems and the timeout issue. Hopefully this will fix your problem too Niro, or anyone else that stumbles on the same issues

http://www.jor-on.com/blog/2010/01/07/php-amazons3-ftp-server-backup-script

My server is backing up again, I feel much saver now hahaha