Restore Manager Overview
Restore Manager is the perfect solution for backup and restoring of your cPanel accounts
The main idea behind the Restore Manager plugin is to simplify the process of backup restoration by allowing hosting clients to restore individual items from Local OR Remote backup independently directly from cPanel interface only in few clicks. Also, it will eliminates the need to restore the entire account for just few items that need to be restored and significantly reduces the support calls related to data restoration.
How it works?
There are two different ways which you can work with Restore Manager:
1) If you using the cPanel Backup System then Restore Manager will not create a backup for you and will use the backups created by cPanel and allow your users to browse and restore a single item or more, from existing backups.
2) If you do not want to keep local backups, You can set up a Remote Backup Server and Restore Manager will allow your users to browse and restore a single item or more, Directly from the remote backup server.
What's New in Restore Manager 4
A new improved core and backup browser that will help your cPanel users quickly restore from "Remote Or Local Backups" in the easiest possible way. In cPanel side we add the options to restore Mail Forwarders and Domain Aliases. Within the Restore Files feature we add the option called "Trash" which allows to keep a copy of the existing file as a possibility to go back. New smart remote backup that keep your backup copies based on changes only to save disk space on the remote backup server which also includes the option to add extra folders to the remote backup.
Performance & Security
All of the plugin actions have been optimized to consume as minimum resources as possible. The plugin is based on cPanel Live PHP under cpphp engine so there is no need to make any changes or installations of PHP or other PHP extensions. We have invested much thought into the security of the plugin so that users could never access another user's backup files. The plugin PHP files will work only after authenticated connection to cPanel or WHM.
WHM Remote Backup & Restore (* Smart Remote Backup mod!)
The smart remote backup mode will save the backups of your cPanel accounts on a remote server only! and your cPanel users can quickly restore any individual items directly from the remote backup in the easiest possible way You can also restore full cPanel accounts from your remote backup server in the WHM interface. The smart remote backup keeps your backup copies in form of snapshots so it is not wasted your disk space on duplication of backup copies.
WHM Remote Backup & Restore (* Local backup mode!)
Save a copy of your cPanel backups on a remote server and retrieve it to your backup folder with simple to use interface.
You can also restore full cPanel accounts from your remote backup server in the WHM interface. This feature has been created since the incremental backup type does not support additional destinations, but it will support the compressed & uncompressed backup types.
Backup Exclude & Include Configuration
Include extra folders to the remote backup OR Exclude files from backup that are performed by the cPanel backup system.
Some files and directories do not need to be backed up so now you can control global excludes from the WHM interface and your cPanel users can manage the files they want to exclude from backup with easy to use interface.
The little things that make this plugin even better
✔ Support for the new cPanel backup system
✔ Support all backup methods
✔ Support all scheduling and retentions
✔ One click incremental updates
✔ Multi-language support
cPanel Operation
At the cPanel side with Local or Remote mode all actions are completely identical for the user. Also, all actions are loged.
Restore Files
Restore Files feature allows cPanel users to browse and restore specific file or folder from the available backup dates.
1) First, choose the backup date, you can also filter the browsing by domain.
2) Select the files and/or folders to restore and the files & folders cart will appear with the restore button.
3) By clicking Restore,
--- In Remote Backup mode only modified files will be restored.
--- In Local Backup mode files will be overwritten with the files from the backup.
* In Remote Backup mode only the restored files will make a copy of the production files And will keep them in the Trash folder in the user homedir to enable "undo backup" if the backup files does not help.
* The restore from Trash process is the same as restoring files or folders.
* Browsing the backup creating a user session that save the data that is loaded from the remote server so that each second time browsing will be faster.
Restore Database
Restore Database feature allows cPanel users to browse and restore specific PostgreSQL & MySQL databases from the available backup dates.
1) First, choose the backup date.
2) Select the databases to restore and the databases restore cart will appear with the restore button.
3) By clicking Restore, the databases will be overwritten with the databases from the backup.
* There is no possibility of undo the database restoration, restore only if you sure that the information in the backup contains the data you need!
Restore Mail
Restore Mail feature allows cPanel users to browse and restore a specific MailBox from the available backup dates.
1) First, choose the backup date.
2) Choose the domain from which you want to restore the mail box.
3) Select the MailBox you want to restore and the MailBox restore cart will appear with the restore button.
4) By clicking Restore, the MailBox data from the selected date will be restored from the backup.
* If the MailBox not exists it will be created and a note with the temporary password will appear.
Restore Cron jobs
Restore Cron jobs feature allows cPanel users to browse and restore a specific Cron jobs line from the available backup dates.
1) First, choose a backup date.
2) Select the cron job line you want to restore and the CronJobs restore cart will appear with the restore button.
3) By clicking Restore, the cron job line will be restored from the backup.
* If the cron job line already exists the user will not be able to choose the line and the text "Exist" will replace the selection box.
Restore Mail Forwarders
Restore Mail Forwarders feature allows cPanel users to browse and restore any specific forwarders type from the available backup dates.
1) First, choose the backup date.
2) Choose the domain from which you want to restore the forwarders.
3) Select the forwarders you want to restore and the Forwarders restore cart will appear with the restore button.
4) By clicking Restore, the forwarders will be restored from the backup.
* The forwarders will be restored whether it is exists or not.
Restore Domain Aliases
Restore Domain Aliases feature allows cPanel users to browse and restore a specific domain aliases from the available backup dates.
1) First, choose the backup date.
2) Select the domain aliases you want to restore and the Aliases restore cart will appear with the restore button.
3) By clicking Restore, the domain aliases will be restored from the backup.
* If the domain already exists you will get a notification that the domain is already exist in the Apache configuration.
Restore SSL
Restore SSL feature allows cPanel users to restore the KEY's, CSR's, certificate files, and the ssl.db file from the available backup dates.
1) First, choose the backup date.
2) If you have SSL data backup, the existing SSL data will be displayed along with the restore button.
3) By clicking Restore, the domain aliases will be restored from the backup.
* After the restoration the user need to complete the process from Manage SSL sites in cPanel And activate the SSL certificate.
Restore DNS zone
Restore DNS zone feature allows cPanel users to browse and restore a specific DNS record from the available backup dates.
1) First, choose the backup date.
2) Choose the domain from which you want to restore the DNS records.
3) Select the DNS records you want to restore the DNS Records restore cart will appear with the restore button.
4) By clicking Restore, the DNS Records will be restored from the backup.
* If the DNS record is already exists the user will not be able to choose the record and and the text "Exist" will replace the selection box.
Backup exclude
Backup exclude feature allows cPanel users to exclude files and directories from being included in backup.
The user can choose how to use the Backup exclude feature:
1) Choose the recommended exclude list by server administrator.
2) Add their own custom excludes:
--- Exact match: Use the exact name or the full path of the file or folder to exclude from backup.
--- File extension: Type the file extension to exclude from backup.
--- Shell wildcard: Use simple shell wildcard to exclude files or folders from backup (advanced users only!).
* This is accomplished by adding the files or directories list to the configuration file that called "cpbackup-exclude.conf"
* Both backup modes, local and remote are using the cpbackup-exclude.conf file.
