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title: How to create a backup in DirectAdmin
description: Well, well, you may always want to have your own backup before disaster strikes, because they do strike. Your host could have a backup, but again they may not. You always want to keep a backup of your files and…
url: "https://truehost.com/support/knowledge-base/how-to-create-a-backup-in-directadmin/"
updated: "2024-11-11"
category: Cloud servers in Kenya
---

# How to create a backup in DirectAdmin

Well, well, you may always want to have your own backup before disaster strikes, because they do strike. Your host could have a backup, but again they may not.

You always want to keep a backup of your files and keep it somewhere else, not on the same sever. Helloo! Do not keep a backup on the same server as the live files.

1. You first need to login into DirectAdmin control panel using one of the URLs below, 

```
 https://IP-address:2222 or https://server-hostname:2222.
```

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-155.png)

2. Go to **Advanced Features** > **Create/Restore Backups**

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-180.png)

3. Choose a domain to back up.

- Direct admin give you an option to create a backup for a specific domain or all domains. To create a backup for one domain, Click on Select Domains and to create a backup for all domains, click on Select All Domains.

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-182.png)

4. Then select the data that you want to backup, by the checking the available options (***Website Data, Email Data, FTP Data, etc.)***). Our recommendation is that you check all the options.

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-184.png)

5. Click on **Create Backup**, to start the process.

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-185.png)

6. DirectAdmin will start creating the backup, and you will get a notification telling you that the backup process has been queued.

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-186.png)

![](https://truehost.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image-187.png)

Once the process completes, DirectAdmin will normally send a notification, which you can view by checking the messages section on your panel.

The backups are usually saved in the directory called Backups found in your File Manager