How to Backup Files Manually

Prerequisites

Before backing up files, make sure you have:

• SSH access to your VPS
• Sufficient disk space for backup

Backup Single File

Connect to your VPS:

ssh hxroot@YOUR_SERVER_IP -p 22

cp important.txt important.txt.backup

Backup Directory with Tar

tar -czf backup_$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /var/www/html/

Backup Multiple Directories

tar -czf full_backup_$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /var/www/ /etc/nginx/ /var/lib/mysql/

Exclude Certain Directories

tar -czf backup.tar.gz --exclude='cache' --exclude='logs' /var/www/

Create Incremental Backup

tar -czf backup_inc.tar.gz -g snapshot.file /var/www/

Backup with Rsync (to External Server)

rsync -avz /var/www/ user@backup-server:/backup/