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Is there any FREE alternative to CPanel that can restore a backup?

funkybluefunkyblue Member
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Hello All

Just wondering if anyone knows a CPanel alternative that can restore CPanel backups?
I could not find anything in my searches,

Thanks in advance

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  • VPNVPN Member
    edited December 2013

    Virtualmin.

    http://virtualmin.com/

    wget http://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/scripts/install.sh chmod +x install.sh ./install.sh

    Installed.

  • funkybluefunkyblue Member

    Is that the only one? Thanks so much :)

  • BlazeMuisBlazeMuis Member

    funkyblue said: Is that the only one? Thanks so much :)

    Virtualmin/Webmin is most likely the best one

  • funkybluefunkyblue Member

    OK Thanks everyone!. I'll stick with those.

  • skybucks100skybucks100 Member

    I think both VestaCP and zPanel are able to do that

  • nunimnunim Member

    @skybucks100 said:
    I think both VestaCP and zPanel are able to do that

    Yup, VestaCP makes automatic backups and can restore selectively or entire accounts, it's quite a useful feature. I just rsync the backups away and don't have to worry about backing up my sites individually.

  • skaska Member

    I though the OP wanted to restore CPanel-backups and wasn't searching for a CP that can do backups and restore its own. If the latter is the case, then any decent CP should be able to do that.

  • VPNVPN Member

    @ska said:
    I though the OP wanted to restore CPanel-backups and wasn't searching for a CP that can do backups and restore its own. If the latter is the case, then any decent CP should be able to do that.

    Correct, in which case I think Virtualmin would be the OPs best choice. I can't confirm if VestaCP does allow cPanel backups to be restored or not.

  • skybucks100skybucks100 Member

    @nunim said:

    I'm a sinner and take manual backups :(

  • wychwych Member

    @skybucks100 said:
    I think both VestaCP and zPanel are able to do that

    Not sure if zPanel can restore a cPanel backup.

    It can restore its own (obviously) but doesn't like to include any sql tables with it (when I last used it).

  • nunimnunim Member

    @ska said:
    I though the OP wanted to restore CPanel-backups and wasn't searching for a CP that can do backups and restore its own. If the latter is the case, then any decent CP should be able to do that.

    It seems so, I don't know of any that use the cPanel backup format. Your best bet would probably be to restore the backups manually if you don't have many accounts, if you do have a bunch, writing a simple bash script might not be too hard.

  • skybucks100skybucks100 Member

    @wych said:
    It can restore its own (obviously) but doesn't like to include any sql tables with it (when I last used it).

    Wait, does he want a panel that can backup/restore LIKE cpanel? Or a panel that CAN restore cpanel backups...? I thought he wanted the like one...

  • wychwych Member

    @skybucks100 said:

    I had to double check then, I read it as he wants to get rid of cPanel and use another panel but use his backups from cPanel to setup with?

    But yeah I don't know of any panel that takes cPanel backups and rebuilds.

  • skybucks100skybucks100 Member

    @wych said:
    But yeah I don't know of any panel that takes cPanel backups and rebuilds.

    My suggestion to that would be get a 15 day cPanel trial, install it, restore the backups and get your files. From my limited web panel info, I pretty sure all panels have pretty much a custom backup type.

  • VPNVPN Member

    @nunim said:
    It seems so, I don't know of any that use the cPanel backup format. Your best bet would probably be to restore the backups manually if you don't have many accounts, if you do have a bunch, writing a simple bash script might not be too hard.

    @skybucks100 said:
    My suggestion to that would be get a 15 day cPanel trial, install it, restore the backups and get your files. From my limited web panel info, I pretty sure all panels have pretty much a custom backup type.

    The OP can just use Virtualmin as stated already in this thread. No need to complicate things with manual file moving or trials.

  • skybucks100skybucks100 Member

    @OkieDoke said:
    The OP can just use Virtualmin as stated already in this thread. No need to complicate things with manual file moving or trials.

    Then you'd be stuck with Virtualmin, which in my opinion isn't great.

  • funkybluefunkyblue Member

    I just need something that can restore CPanel backups properly, with full file dates. I need to go through a bunch of backups , and with shared hosting, I can't restore my own backups. As I discovered a VPS is a good solution but CPanel costs. I'll give Virtualmin a go and see if it does what I want :-) Thanks everyone!

  • VPNVPN Member

    @skybucks100 said:
    Then you'd be stuck with Virtualmin, which in my opinion isn't great.

    Ok. Well the OP wants a free alternative to cPanel that can read and restore cPanel backups.

    Given the lack of support from other panels to support the cPanel backups, the OP doesn't have much choice. Given that he already has cPanel backups, he has used it and presumably wants to move away from it.

  • funkybluefunkyblue Member

    Im surprised there is not more compatibility with CPanel. It where I'd presume most people would move from.

  • agentmishraagentmishra Member, Host Rep

    kloxo

  • vRozenSch00nvRozenSch00n Member

    Kloxo-MR

  • skybucks100skybucks100 Member

    @OkieDoke said:
    Given the lack of support from other panels to support the cPanel backups, the OP doesn't have much choice. Given that he already has cPanel backups, he has used it and presumably wants to move away from it.

    Err, that's why I recommended manually..? Restore the cPanel backup, save the public_html contents (or be fancy and rsync it) and then backup the mail, mysql, etc. It's not too complex. He shouldn't be locked to only what's easiest in my opinion, there are other options.

  • jarjar Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    Get extra job, buy cpanel :)

  • DroidzoneDroidzone Member

    skybucks100 said: My suggestion to that would be get a 15 day cPanel trial, install it, restore the backups and get your files. From my limited web panel info, I pretty sure all panels have pretty much a custom backup type.

    Seems a rather smart idea.

    jarland said: Get extra job, buy cpanel :)

    There are great free solutions out there. Unless he needs to host clients on his own, that seems a waste of money. The one I prefer, i-mscp works great.

  • kyakykyaky Member

    vestacp

  • mpkossenmpkossen Member

    Virtualmin restored my cPanel backups perfectly. Do note: the mailserver username changes.

  • kyakykyaky Member
    edited December 2013

    @mpkossen said:
    Virtualmin restored my cPanel backups perfectly. Do note: the mailserver username changes.

    can virtualmin handle a large website for backup and restore?one of my site has.nearly 20G data. I hardly use panels. just wonder if large backup in virtualmin works

  • VPNVPN Member
    edited December 2013

    @mpkossen said:
    Virtualmin restored my cPanel backups perfectly. Do note: the mailserver username changes.

    That's a good point, Virtualmin uses name.domain whereas I believe cPanel uses [email protected]

  • mpkossenmpkossen Member

    kyaky said: can virtualmin handle a large website for backup and restore?one of my site has.nearly 20G data. I hardly use panels. just wonder if large backup in virtualmin works

    It can, it will just take a while to backup -> transfer -> import.

    OkieDoke said: That's a good point, Virtualmin uses name.domain whereas I believe cPanel uses [email protected]

    Yep.

  • funkybluefunkyblue Member

    So this is what I get trying to restore a CPanel backup in Virtualmin.

    "Restore failed : The specified source does not contain any domains, or is not a Virtualmin backup"

    What am I doing wrong?

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