📘Compress Backup for cPanel (Using cPremote File/Folder Structure)

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Use this guide to compress and restore individual cPanel account backups manually from a cPremote-style folder structure.

1. Navigate to the Backup Directory

Go to the location where the account data is stored. For example:

cd /home/secondbackup/monthly/accounts/europe/homedir/daily/accounts

2. Compress the Account Folder

Use tar to compress the account directory. Replace example1 with the actual cPanel username:

tar -zcvf example1.tar.gz example1
  • This creates a compressed archive named example1.tar.gz containing the account’s backup files.

3. Copy the Compressed File to the New Server

You can use scp or rsync to transfer the backup file:

scp example1.tar.gz root@NEW_SERVER_IP:/home/

Or if using a custom SSH port (e.g., 2500):

scp -P 2500 example1.tar.gz root@NEW_SERVER_IP:/home/

4. Restore the Account on the New cPanel Server

SSH into the new server and run:

cd /home
tar -zxvf example1.tar.gz
/scripts/restorepkg example1

This restores the cPanel account using the extracted folder.

✅ Tip: Ensure the backup contains all required files (homedir, cp, mysql, etc.) for a full account restoration.

Here’s how to automate compression and restoration of multiple cPanel accounts using the cPremote folder structure.

Automate Compressing and Restoring Multiple cPanel Accounts

This script compresses each account in a directory and allows you to restore them one by one on a new server.

1. Compress All Accounts (Local Server)

Create and run the following script:

#!/bin/bash
# compress_accounts.sh

BACKUP_DIR="/home/secondbackup/monthly/accounts/europe/homedir/daily/accounts"
cd "$BACKUP_DIR" || exit

for account in *; do
    if [ -d "$account" ]; then
        echo "Compressing $account..."
        tar -zcvf "${account}.tar.gz" "$account"
    fi
done

Run the script:

bash compress_accounts.sh

All accounts will be compressed into .tar.gz archives in the same folder.

2. Transfer All Archives to New Server

Use rsync (or scp) to copy all .tar.gz files:

rsync -avP /home/secondbackup/monthly/accounts/europe/homedir/daily/accounts/*.tar.gz root@NEW_SERVER_IP:/home/

3. Restore All Accounts (New Server)

Create this script on the new server to extract and restore each account:

#!/bin/bash
# restore_accounts.sh

cd /home || exit

for archive in *.tar.gz; do
    account=$(basename "$archive" .tar.gz)
    echo "Restoring $account..."

    tar -zxvf "$archive"
    /scripts/restorepkg "$account"
done

Run the script:

bash restore_accounts.sh

✅ Tips

  • Ensure backups have full account data (cp, mysql, homedir, etc.).
  • You can add rm -rf "$account" at the end of the restore script to clean up extracted folders after restoration.
  • Test one account manually first before bulk operations.
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