cPanel Full Backup Script

[ZapZap]

I found the following full backup script and it does everything I need it to do except one thing.
I need the script to allow me to configure a file path on the FTP server so that the backup file is not copied to the root of the FTP server.

Could someone have a look at the script please and make the alteration for me? I'm no programmer.

<?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 used to login to CPanel
$cppass = ""; // Password used to login to CPanel
$domain = ""; // Domain name where CPanel is run
$skin = "x"; // Set to cPanel skin you use (script won't work if it doesn't match)

// Info required for FTP host
$ftpuser = ""; // Username for FTP account
$ftppass = ""; // Password for FTP account
$ftphost = ""; // Full hostname or IP address for FTP host
$ftpmode = "ftp"; // FTP mode ("ftp" for active, "passiveftp" for passive)

// Notification information
$notifyemail = "[email protected]"; // 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);

?>

Thanks in advance!

 

[velda]

I'm no programmer either...

but you could accomplish this easily enough by setting up an FTP account that automatically logs into a different directory.

You could also try specifying the directory... yourdomain.com/backups/ but I don't know whether it'd work with this script. Hoping that helps,

Velda

 

[brianoz]

If you add the parameter rdir=/dirname to the params string you'll be able to specify the destination directory for ftp. Or you can create a special ftp user as someone suggested.

You can find out this by going to the fullbackup page in the cpanel interface, and looking at the fields the form submits.

 

[wmiles]

Does this work with Cpanel 11?

i've always used the script but for some reason its just stopped working

 

[workshop]

I have the same question - when using this script now with cpanel 11 it seems to work - but the tarball is empty.

If I do a manual full backup it is fine.

Anybody come across this - or got any suggestions?

This script definitely did work!

Thanks.

 

[workshop]

Ignore my last post - the script IS working - I just wasn't looking in the right places!

Assumed as the tarball left in the root of my home directory was empty that it had failed.

But - checked my remote ftp server and had loads of backup files - from all my tests!!!

So long story short - this script does work with cPanel 11 and X3 theme. Well at least it does for me!