Site Backup Routine/Practice/Job

[Janzzon]

Hello everyone,

 

I'm fairly new to web hosting and as a new forum owner, I would like to know how you guys do your own site backup in general. I'm running a MyBB forum with the Shared Hosting plan and pretty much curious how I should be doing backups though I haven't really gotten much traffic and content.

 

I heard about the Cron Jobs and others say it's a good way of securing your site. I did check it in the cPanel under the Advanced tab but when I saw this line

Cron jobs allow you to automate certain commands or scripts on your site. You can set a command or script to run at a specific time every day, week, etc. For example, you could set a cron job to delete temporary files every week to free up disk space.

 

Warning: You need to have a good knowledge of Linux commands before you can use cron jobs effectively. Check your script with your hosting administrator before adding a cron job.

I don't know what to do.

 

Can someone help me one this? Basically, I want a daily backup routine or better yet an automated way of doing a daily site backup.

[Michael D.]

http://www.justin-cook.com/wp/2006/12/27/automatic-cpanel-backup-domain-mysql-with-cron-php/

 

That's a pretty good way to go about doing it.

[Janzzon]

http://www.justin-cook.com/wp/2006/12/27/automatic-cpanel-backup-domain-mysql-with-cron-php/

 

That's a pretty good way to go about doing it.

 

I did exactly what was in the blog. Thank you!!

[Michael D.]

I did exactly what was in the blog. Thank you!!

No problem at all, do make sure to do it during off-peak times though as per the Terms of Service:

http://www.mddhosting.com/tos.php#7b