Option to download VPS backups from SPanel
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As a VPS user, I would like to have a self-service option within SPanel to download local server-level backups directly from the interface, without needing to contact support or request root access.
Currently, downloading local backups requires contacting support each time or obtaining root access. While support assistance works, a built-in download option would improve convenience and efficiency.
I understand this may not be a current feature, and I’m sharing this purely as a suggestion. I’ve seen similar functionality offered by other hosting providers, and it could enhance the user experience for VPS customers.
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Hello, Vinodh!
Welcome to the SPanel community!
Thanks for your suggestion!
SPanel performs local server backups incrementaly via rsync. Downloading such a backup via FTP would be very slow. The ideal way to have an external backup would be to configure remote rsync/Backblaze/AWS S3 backups for disaster recovery.
Creating a single archive e.g. tar.gz will require lots of free space on the server, will be a very resource intensive process and may not be very practical.
If you have 1-2-3 accounts on the server you may generate a full account's backup and download it to your computer. If you have multiple accounts then it will be a time waster to do it regularly for all of them and then configuring remote rsync server backups for disaster recovery is your best choice.
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