Making and Restoring Backups in NodeWorx

If you want to create, restore or delete backups of SiteWorx accounts from within NodeWorx, you can manage the entire process via the user interface. You don't need to do anything via the command line on your server (unless you want to).

Making SiteWorx Account Backups from NodeWorx

Creating backups of critical SiteWorx account information from NodeWorx can be accomplished by following these steps:

  1. Log into NodeWorx as an administrator or reseller if you haven't already.
  2. Select Backup/Restore from the SiteWorx section of the sidebar.
  3. You will see a list of the SiteWorx accounts on your server. If you want to make a backup, select the checkbox to the left of each account you want to back up. If you want back up all of the accounts, click on the checkbox to the right of the With Selected: line below the list of accounts. This will automatically check all accounts.
  4. Once you have the accounts you want to backup selected, choose the type of backup you want to make from the drop-down list on the With Selected: line and click Go.
    Select the Accounts to Backup and the Type of Backup and then Click Go
    1. A Full Backup will back up everything about the selected SiteWorx account including web content, email, subdomains, etc. Usually, this will be the sort of backup you'll want to make.
    2. A Structure-Only Backup will back up only the metadata associated with an account, but it won’t backup the user content or email. This sort of backup would allow you to recreate the account, associated domains, email accounts and other data without restoring any web content, databases or email messages. This sort of backup takes up a lot less space and might be handy if the SiteWorx account has been compromised and you want to restore the account without any compromised user data. It would then be up to the SiteWorx user to import or replace their website content, databases and email if they need it.
  5. The system will create the selected type of backup for the accounts you've specified in the background. Any successful backups will be listed here once they are done.

Restoring a SiteWorx Account from a Backup in NodeWorx

If you have some backups of SiteWorx accounts, you can restore them directly from the user interface in NodeWorx. Follow these steps to restore those accounts:

  1. Log into NodeWorx as an administrator or reseller if you haven't already.
  2. Select Backup/Restore from the SiteWorx section of the sidebar.
  3. Find the SiteWorx account you want to restore from the list and click MANAGE in the Status column. If you don't see this, then that account may not currently have any available backups to restore from.
    Click MANAGE in the Status column for the SiteWorx Account you Want to Restore
  4. You will now be shown a list of all of the backups on this server for that SiteWorx account. Find the backup that you want to restore from (be sure to note the type of backup it is and what date it was made on. Click RESTORE to start the restoration process.
  5. You will be asked to confirm that you want to restore the account and then the system will work in the background to restore the account.

Restoring a backup will completely replace the content currently found in the selected account with whatever content is in the backup. This cannot be undone unless you make a backup of the account just before restoring a different backup.

Delete One or More SiteWorx Backups from NodeWorx

You may need to occasionally delete older backups to free up space on your server. Follow these steps to do that from within NodeWorx:

  1. Log into NodeWorx as an administrator or reseller if you haven't already.
  2. Select Backup/Restore from the SiteWorx section of the sidebar.
  3. Click MANAGE in the Status column of the SiteWorx account that contains backups you want to remove.
    Click MANAGE in the Status column for the SiteWorx Account you Want to Delete
  4. If you want to delete only certain backups, select the checkbox to the left of each backup you want to remove.
  5. If you want to select all backups, check the box to the left of With Selected: and all displayed backups will automatically be selected.
  6. Once you've selected the account backups you want to remove, click the Go button on the With Selected: line.
    Select the Backups to Remove and click the Go Button
  7. You will be asked to confirm if you really want to delete the backups you've selected. If you click Delete the backups will be removed in the background without any further prompts.

You cannot restore a backup you've deleted unless you made a copy of the backup in some other location.