Alternative method<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
1. Navigate to\u00a0Extensions > Manage > Install.<\/strong><\/li>\n
2. Select &lsquo;Install from Web&rsquo; tab.<\/li>\n
3. Search for\u00a0Akeeba Backup.<\/strong>
   \n<\/li>\n
4. Select and install the component.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

   Configuration<\/strong><\/h3>\n

   \n
   1. The first time you open Akeeba Backup, you&rsquo;ll be prompted with the self-configuration wizard. So, let it run.
      \n<\/li>\n
   2. After the self-configuration and bench-marking is complete, click on Configuration.
      \n<\/li>\n
   3. Under Basic Configuration, set your Output Directory i-e, where you want your backups to be created. The default Out Directory is yourdomain.com\/administrator\/components\/com_akeeba\/backup.
      \n<\/li>\n
   4. Under Advanced Configuration, set the format of your backup file. The jpa format is recommended by the developers but it will require the Akeeba Kickstart script for restoring from your backup. Meanwhile, if you select zip as your format, you can simply extract the backup file using your File Manager and proceed with the restoration.
      \n<\/li>\n
   5. Under Quota Management, set the maximum number of backups to be created before deleting the older backups.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Creating Backups<\/strong><\/h3>\n

      \n
      1. Navigate to\u00a0Components > Akeeba Backup.<\/strong><\/li>\n
      2. Click on Backup Now &ndash; this will create a complete backup of your website including the corresponding database.
         \n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

         Restoration<\/strong><\/h3>\n

         Depending on the format of your backup file, there are two methods to restore from it.<\/p>\n

         \n
         1. Zip format<\/strong>\n
            \n
            • Copy or upload the backup file via FTP to your Joomla root directory.<\/li>\n
            • Extract the file using your File Manager.<\/li>\n
            • Open a new browser window and visit your Joomla site URL.<\/li>\n
            • Proceed with the restoration which is pretty much self-explanatory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
            • JPA format<\/strong>\n
              \n
              • Copy or upload the backup file to your Joomla root directory.<\/li>\n
              • Upload the Akeeba Kickstart script to the same directory where you have the backup file. Please note that you only need to upload kickstart.php from the downloaded package.<\/li>\n
              • Launch the Kickstart from a new browser window by visiting yourdomain.com\/kickstart.php.<\/li>\n
              • Proceed with the restoration. While you&rsquo;re at it, you&rsquo;ll be prompted for the backup file name and so on but they&rsquo;re \u00a0all self-explanatory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Manually backing up your Joomla website<\/strong><\/h2>\n

                Before the backup scripts were released people had resort to this method. The manual backup consists of archiving your website into two part separately &ndash; every Joomla-related file inside your root folder and the database.<\/p>\n

                Backing up your Joomla files<\/strong><\/h3>\n

                \n
                1. Select the folders and files inside your Joomla root directory.<\/li>\n
                2. Zip or compress the files suing the File Manager.<\/li>\n
                3. Copy the archive to a different location or download it to your computer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                   Backing up the database<\/strong><\/h3>\n

                   \n
                   1. Open phpMyAdmin from your Control Panel and login.<\/li>\n
                   2. Select your database.<\/li>\n
                   3. Click export to download it to your computer.
                      \n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      Manually restoring your Joomla website<\/strong><\/h3>\n

                      \n
                      1. Extract the archived file to your Joomla root directory.<\/li>\n
                      2. Remove any existing table from the database you&rsquo;re importing into.<\/li>\n
                      3. Import the database via phpMyAdmin.
                         \n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                         Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                         \n
                         • If you&rsquo;re importing to a new database then you need to edit the configuration.php to match the new database name, username and password.<\/li>\n
                         • The size of the database that you import\u00a0via phpMyAdmin is limited by the php.ini upload limit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[54],"manual_kb_tag":[61],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2027"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2028,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/2027\/revisions\/2028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=2027"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=2027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}