How to run cPanel backup via SSH

cPanel, one of the best Control Panels for hosting, offers you tons of tools to run a complete web server, one of those (and super important one) is backup!

With cPanel, you can schedule and retain backups of your server and every account you host with it. But what if you need to run it manually?

This can be done using your SSH connection, all you have to do is log on to your server via SSH and fire the following command.

For the NEW cPanel Backup System

/usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup

If the backup shows up-to-date, but you have made changes to your server or hosting accounts you need to secure, you can force cPanel to execute the Backup process again using the –force.

Force cPanel to perform a new backup even shows up-to-date

/usr/local/cpanel/bin/backup --force

cPanel still has available the old tool for backups, if that’s your case you should use the following command in order to create a full cPanel backup on your server and accounts.

For cPanel Legacy system

/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup

Force cPanel to perform a new backup

/usr/local/cpanel/scripts/cpbackup --force

That’s all, now you just have to wait for your server to complete the process.

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