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Backing up and restoring a website

Backing up a website

Regular backups are important so that you can restore the website after any potential problems. Nordweb makes automatic backups, but we also recommend making your own copies.

Automatic backups

Nordweb takes automatic daily backups of every hosting plan, including the Mini plan. The backups include the files, the databases and the email mailboxes, and they are kept in separate off-site storage on a different server, so they protect against server failure too. Backups are kept for about two weeks, and the site can be restored from them when needed.

On the larger plans (Premium and Max) you can also manage the backup settings yourself from the control panel. On the Mini plan backups are taken automatically, but the schedule cannot be adjusted manually.

Manual backup

Backing up the files

  1. Log in at panel.nordweb.fi
  2. Open Websites → select your site → File Manager
  3. Select all files in the public_html folder
  4. Download them as a ZIP package to your computer

Backing up the database

  1. Open Websites → Databases → phpMyAdmin
  2. Select the database
  3. Click Export
  4. Choose the format (SQL) and download the file

Restoring

  1. Upload the backup files back to the public_html folder
  2. Import the database via phpMyAdmin (Import)
  3. Check that the website works correctly

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