{"id":43017,"date":"2019-05-29T14:54:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T18:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/?p=43017"},"modified":"2022-06-17T11:36:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T15:36:32","slug":"backup-opencart-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/opencart\/backup-opencart-database\/","title":{"rendered":"Backup Your OpenCart Database in Admin Dashboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like using a <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/prestashop\/enable-ssl\/\">SSL certificate<\/a>, backups are important to your OpenCart and web hosting security. Below we cover <strong>how to backup your OpenCart database in your admin dashboard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Backup Database<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li>Login OpenCart.<\/li>\n<li>Under <em>Settings<\/em>, select <strong>Maintenance<\/strong> and <strong>Backup \/ Restore<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Specify tables to backup and select <strong>Export<\/strong>.\n    <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/images\/stories\/opencart-3\/opencart-backup-database.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"none\" alt=\"backup tables\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/images\/stories\/opencart-3\/opencart-backup-database.png\" title=\"Click for full image\" width=\"300\"><\/a><div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<br>You can restore the <em>.sql<\/em> file in the <strong>Restore<\/strong> tab.\n    <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/images\/stories\/opencart-3\/opencart-backup-restore.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"none\" alt=\"restore tables\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/images\/stories\/opencart-3\/opencart-backup-restore.png\" title=\"Click for full image\" width=\"300\"><\/a><div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<br><p>We recommend you complete and download a <a href=\"\/support\/website\/backup-and-restore\/how-to-create-backups-using-the-wizard\">full cPanel backup<\/a> regurlarly. Learn more about <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/setup-scheduled-cpanel-backups\/\">automated cPanel backups<\/a> with VPS Hosting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like using a SSL certificate, backups are important to your OpenCart and web hosting security. Below we cover how to backup your OpenCart database in your admin dashboard. Backup Database Login OpenCart. Under Settings, select Maintenance and Backup \/ Restore. Specify tables to backup and select Export. 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