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Does anyone know how to automate backups of cpanel through the normal interface without using WHM?

UPDATED, VIEW POST BELOW!

UPDATED
To run it as a cron job (at 3:30am like you wanted), put something in your crontab like the following (if the script is in your top directory):

Code:

30 3 * * * /usr/local/bin/php /home/youraccount/fullbackup.php

NOTE: This script contains passwords, CHMOD it to 600
Here's the actual script (name it something like fullbackup.php and make sure to set all of the configuration variables). Make sure when you cut and paste it that the $data line remains one line (the if statement is the beginning of the next line).

Code:

<?php

// PHP script to allow periodic cPanel backups automatically.

// Based on script posted by max.hedroom in cpanel.net forums

//   This script contains passwords.  KEEP ACCESS TO THIS FILE SECURE!

// ********* THE FOLLOWING ITEMS NEED TO BE CONFIGURED *********

// Info required for cPanel access

$cpuser = "username"; // Username used to login to CPanel

$cppass = "password"; // Password used to login to CPanel

$domain = "example.com"; // Domain name where CPanel is run

$skin = "monsoon"; // Set to cPanel skin you use (script won't work if it doesn't match)

// Info required for FTP host

$ftpuser = "ftpusername"; // Username for FTP account

$ftppass = "ftppassword"; // Password for FTP account

$ftphost = "ftp.example.com"; // Full hostname or IP address for FTP host

$ftpmode = "ftp"; // FTP mode ("ftp" for active, "passiveftp" for passive)

// Notification information

$notifyemail = "you@example.com"; // Email address to send results

// Secure or non-secure mode

$secure = 0; // Set to 1 for SSL (requires SSL support), otherwise will use standard HTTP

// Set to 1 to have web page result appear in your cron log

$debug = 0;

// *********** NO CONFIGURATION ITEMS BELOW THIS LINE *********

if ($secure) {

   $url = "ssl://".$domain;

   $port = 2083;

} else {

   $url = $domain;

   $port = 2082;

}

$socket = fsockopen($url,$port);

if (!$socket) { echo "Failed to open socket connection. Bailing out!\n"; exit; }

// Encode authentication string

$authstr = $cpuser.":".$cppass;

$pass = base64_encode($authstr);

$params = "dest=$ftpmode&email=$notifyemail&server=$ftphost&user=$ftpuser&pass=$ftppass&submit=Generate Backup";

// Make POST to cPanel

fputs($socket,"POST /frontend/".$skin."/backup/dofullbackup.html?".$params." HTTP/1.0\r\n");

fputs($socket,"Host: $domain\r\n");

fputs($socket,"Authorization: Basic $pass\r\n");

fputs($socket,"Connection: Close\r\n");

fputs($socket,"\r\n");

// Grab response even if we don't do anything with it.

while (!feof($socket)) {

  $response = fgets($socket,4096);

  if ($debug) echo $response;

}

fclose($socket);

?>

cool i did not know you can do this.

so if i understand correctly, it will email you that there is a fullback and then you go and download it? what if you forget to download the file? will it eventually fill up the hard drive with multiple backups?

Dave

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