{"id":1440,"date":"2021-07-26T07:27:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T12:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/?p=1440"},"modified":"2021-10-07T07:43:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T12:43:38","slug":"directadmin-config","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/directadmin-config\/","title":{"rendered":"DirectAdmin Remote Backup Documentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-right counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #212121;color:#212121\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #212121;color:#212121\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/directadmin-config\/#configuring_for_directadmin\" >Configuring for DirectAdmin<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/directadmin-config\/#appending\" >Appending<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>A remote destination will allow you to store your backups for your server at a remote location so that if you ever experience an incident, you&#8217;ll have something to fall back on. This documentation is to help you configure your servers backup configuration for remote destinations. While this guide is intended to be paired with our remote storage solution, this guide can be used to implement other backup destinations that utilize&nbsp;FTP\/FTPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need assistance setting up your remote backup configuration, please reach out to the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.knownhost.com\/\">Support Department<\/a> and we&#8217;ll be glad to assist anyone under our managed services.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"kb-shortcode kb-shortcode_tip\">\n                    <div class=\"kb-shortcode-icon\">\n                        <i class=\"fa fa-lightbulb-o fa-2x\"><\/i>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"kb-shortcode-content_tip\">Backups are important to maintaining a proper web presence, it&#8217;s always important to maintain your own backups and never rely on your hosting company for backups.<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"configuring_for_directadmin\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"configuring_for_directadmin\"><\/span>Configuring for DirectAdmin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to configure your remote solution storage with DirectAdmin&#8217;s backup system, we&#8217;re going to have to configure the &#8216;Admin Transfer\/Backup&#8217; utility within DirectAdmin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first thing you&#8217;re going to want to do is login to your servers DirectAdmin Interface via the&nbsp;<strong>&#8216;admin&#8217;<\/strong>&nbsp;user \u2013 this user is required to access the &#8216;Admin Transfer\/Backup&#8217; utility within DirectAdmin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To begin setting up your remote storage, you&#8217;ll need to configure a schedule so click the green &#8220;Schedule&#8221; button at the top right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This utility performs setup of the backup system through a four step process as such there will four tabs: Who, When, Where and What.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Step 1 \u2013 Who \u2013 Either specific users or all users<\/li><li>Step 2 \u2013 When \u2013 Set time period for backups to occur, this would be the &#8220;Cron Schedule&#8221; \u2013 The default time 5AM Server Time<\/li><li>Step 3 \u2013 Where \u2013 The destination in which backups would be stored (Specify&nbsp;FTP)<\/li><li>Step 4 \u2013 What \u2013 Which type of data you want to have backed up<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When you reach &#8216;Step 3&#8217; you&#8217;ll want to specify &#8216;FTP&#8217; by selecting the &#8216;FTP&#8217; option then if you&#8217;re utilizing KnownHost&#8217;s remote storage solution \u2013 you should have received an email with your account information presented like so:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  New Account Information\n  Remote Backup Space GA\n\n  Login Details\n  Username: backups00000\n  Password: knownhostisthebest1337\n  Domain: backups00000.virtualserver1.com\n  SFTP\/SSH Port: 22\n  FTP Port: 21<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>This information is what you will be using to fill out the FTPS configuration for your remote destination, when applied to the forms it&#8217;d be like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>FTP&nbsp;Settings<\/th><th><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>IP(Hostname)<\/td><td>backups00000.virtualserver1.com<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Username:<\/td><td>backups00000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Password:<\/td><td>knownhostisthebest1337<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Remote Path:<\/td><td>\/<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Port:<\/td><td>21<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Secure&nbsp;FTP:<\/td><td>Check this box for FTPS<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Append:<\/td><td>Used to specify backup format<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It should be noted that DirectAdmin&#8217;s backup utility does not currently support SFTP. There is word that such functionality will be implemented when DirectAdmin launches their new backup\/restore system. As such when utilizing &#8216;Secure&nbsp;FTP&#8217; this is actually FTPS over port 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re not using KnownHost&#8217;s remote storage, that&#8217;s fine \u2013 this guide will work for other various&nbsp;FTP&nbsp;setups too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"appending\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"appending\"><\/span>Appending<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/directadmin\">DirectAdmin<\/a> allows the option to &#8216;append&#8217; a specific format to the backups generated through its system. These &#8216;append&#8217; formats will create folders to track your backups as listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Day of the Week (\/monday, \/tuesday, etc)<\/li><li>Day of the Month (\/1, \/2, \/3, etc)<\/li><li>Week of the Month (\/week1, \/week2, etc)<\/li><li>Month (\/Jan, \/Feb, \/Mar, etc)<\/li><li>Full Date (\/2020-01-01)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our recommendation for DirectAdmin is that the &#8216;Day of the Week&#8217; option be used. This will generate backups in folders of the current day (\/Monday, \/Tuesday, \/Wednesday, etc) which should allow them to be rotated out every week. This method provides a 7 day retention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This allows for a proper backup rotation that rotates through the backups in order to conserve space so that your disk space can be used efficiently. 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