--- title: "Control Web Panel (CWP) Backups" description: "It can take a lot of time to fine-tune Control Web Panel (CWP), formerly CentOS Web Panel, to suit your needs. Once you’ve completed your configurations, you don’t want to lose your setup because..." url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/control-web-panel/cwp-admin/server-management/cwp-backups/ date: 2022-04-08 modified: 2024-06-04 author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor" image: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Create-Control-Web-Panel-CWP-Backups.png categories: ["Server Management"] type: post lang: en --- # Control Web Panel (CWP) Backups ![](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Create-Control-Web-Panel-CWP-Backups-1024x538.png) It can take a lot of time to fine-tune Control Web Panel (CWP), formerly CentOS Web Panel, to suit your needs. Once you’ve completed your configurations, you don’t want to lose your setup because of a cyber attack or data corruption. Keep reading to learn how to create and restore CWP backups. - [How to Create Control Web Panel Backups](#create) - [Restore CWP Server Backups](#restore) - [CWP Backup Options](#options) - [SQL Database Backups](#database) - [MariaDB](#mariadb) - [PostgreSQL and MongoDB](#postgresql) ## How to Create Control Web Panel Backups 1. [Log into Control Web Panel](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/product-guides/cloud-server/install-control-web-panel-cwp/#login) (e.g. https://your-server-hostname.com:2031). 2. Select **NEW Backup (Beta)** from the sidebar. 3. Select **By account** to choose user accounts to backup.![Backup user accounts in CWP](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cwp-backup-user-accounts-1024x402.png) 4. Select **Features and settings** at the top. You can deselect checkboxes if you wish to exclude one or more of the following data types: domain, cron jobs, account passwords, home directories, DNS records, email accounts, databases, and/or FTP accounts.![CWP backup content](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cwp-backup-features-settings-1024x296.png) 5. Select **Destination** at the top to specify a local file or directory, FTP server IP, or SSH server to store the backups.![CWP backup destinations](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cwp-backup-destination-1024x460.png) 6. You may choose to customize the temporary directory for creating backups and backup level between incremental and compressed. The default settings suffice for most users. 7. Select **Frequency and Execution** at the top and customize the backup schedule to be daily, weekly, and/or monthly. Selecting an execution schedule will display options for that schedule.![CWP schedule and frequency Details](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cwp-backup-schedule-2-1024x454.png) 8. Select **Notifications** at the top and choose when to notify who about backup status. Notification options include the start and completion of backups, start only, and when there are errors. You can notify the account owner, server admin, and other users under **other**.![CWP backup notifications](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cwp-backup-notifications-1024x316.png) 9. Select **Save and create new backup**. ![CWP backup quick info](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cwp-backup-list.png) The backup configuration will be listed on the right side of the page. This is where all backup schedules are listed with a quick summary and buttons to: - Activate/deactivate a schedule - Update a backup configuration - Run the backup now - Apply changes - Delete a schedule ### Restore CWP Server Backups Sometimes, data corruption or malware infection can be too significant to justify the time needed to clean every file. In such cases it might be better to restore old working data. There are two methods for restoring a system backup. 1. Select **Restore Account** at the top-right of the page.![Choose a CWP backup to restore](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cwp-backup-restore-backups.png) 2. Select a backup on the right. 3. Find the backup you wish to restore. In the screenshot below the “Manual” frequency is chosen for expediency.![Restore a user accounts](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cwp-backup-restore-user-1024x151.png) 4. Choose to restore all content or specific data types.![Restore CWP content](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cwp-backup-restore-content-1024x630.png) 5. Select **Restore Now**. The second option is to use the **Restore Backups** section from the sidebar. Unlike the “Restore Account” function, the “Restore Backups” page doesn’t allow you to exclude certain data types from restoration. ![Restore Backups in CWP](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cwp-backup-restore-backups-section.png) ### CWP Backup Options **Backup configuration**, chosen from the sidebar, allows you to override scheduled backup configuration settings. Here you can change the backup folder location and disable multiple types of backups system-wide. This can be beneficial when you have multiple reseller accounts and want to restrict how much data is stored on a single server. Or you can use this to ensure all backups are transferred to another storage device. ![Manage CWP Backups](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cwp-backup-configuration-manage-backups.png) Scroll down to **Remote Backup Settings** to ensure you understand how to set up CWP remote backups before attempting to transfer a backup. This is recommended to determine any errors before you need to start a backup. ![CWP Remote Backup Settings](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cwp-backup-configuration-remote-settings.png) gdrive and rclone are popular terminal applications for sending a CWP backup to Google Drive. ## SQL Database Backups Some projects only require one or more SQL databases to organize data that is pulled from external applications. For such cases, there are multiple ways to create database backups.  ### MariaDB **MariaDB / MySQL **backups can be created from MySQL Manager by selecting the database icon beside a database name, or with [phpMyAdmin](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/server/databases/export-database-using-phpmyadmin/). ![Backup a database in CWP](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cwp-mysql-manager-export.png)*Select the database icon to create a backup* ![MySQL Manager export complete](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cwp-mysql-manager-export-complete.png)*Confirmation with file path and size* ### PostgreSQL and MongoDB **[PostgreSQL](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/control-web-panel/create-postgresql-database-cwp/)** backups can be created from PostgreSQL Database Manager or [phpPgAdmin](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/export-database/). You must select **Install Now** in the PostgreSQL Database Manager section first. ![Install PostgreSQL in Control Web Panel (CWP)](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cwp-postgrelsql-manager-install-1024x335.png) [**MongoDB Manager**](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/control-web-panel/create-mongodb-database-cwp/) can also be installed for MongoDB databases. Learn more about configuring your web hosting control panel from our Support Center. Make sure your business, agency, or reseller clients are always connected and powered on with our optimized [Managed VPS Hosting](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/vps-hosting).