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Restore Eenos Backup

This tools will help to restore backup  generated from an eeos hosting control panel.  You can restore the entire backup  or a part of the backup like  files, email , database etc., 

If you are restoring a full backup and the account is already exists in the server, it will only overwrite the data. If you wish to do a full  clean restore, remove the account from the server before restoring.

Command:

/usr/local/eenos/scripts/restoreacct PATH_TO_BACKUP

Where PATH_TO_BACKUP is the full path to the backup file

Command Options:

usage: restoreacct [options] PATH_TO_BACKUP 

Restore backup of eenos hosting account. By Default restore full backup

Required:
  PATH_TO_BACKUP        Full path to Eenos backup

Option(s):
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --log                 Create a custom log file

Restore Type:
  --full                Restore full account. This is default option
  --home                Restore home directory
  --domain DOMAIN       Restore a website content
  --email EMAIL         Restore an email account
  --mysqldb MYSQLDB     Restore a MySQL database
  --pgsqldb PGSQLDB     Restore a PgSQL database
  --mongodb MONGODB     Restore a MongoDB database
                         
  --file FILE           Restore a single file. The file path need to be
                        relative to homedir
                        Example : public_html/foo/fun.php
                         
  --dir DIR             Restore a folder. The directory path need to be
                        relative to homedir
                        Example : public_html/foo 

Full account restore option(s):
  --disk_mount DISK_MOUNT
                        The disk mount point to create home directory.
                        By default use the home directory from backup.
                        (Example : /home2)
                         
  --ipv4 IPV4           Assign a dedicated IPv4 address.
                        By default use the main shared IP address or
                        the IP address from the backup, if exists
                         
  --newname NEWNAME     Restore backup into new eenos user name
                        This will rename the home directory and database names.
                        WARNING !!! : The websites may stop working due to the
                        change in storage path and database names 
                         
  --skipname            Use the same user name from the backup
                        By default enabled
                         
  --force               Force restore if account exist in server.
                        This will replace the data only.
                         
  --skipmysql           Exclude MySQL database(s) restore 
  --skiphome            Exclude Homedir restore 
  --skiplets            Exclude Lets encrypt auto ssl restore 
  --skippgsql           Exclude PgSQL database(s) restore
  --skipmongodb         Skip Mongodb database(s)  restore
  --skipmailman         Exclude Mailman3 mailing list  backups
  --skipemail           Exclude email accounts restore
  --skipbwdata          Exclude bandwidth usage history
  --skipdiskusage       Exclude disk usage history
  --skippublichtml      Exclude public_html folder restore
  --skipreseller        Exclude reseller privileges

Restore Full Account

To restore a full account you may use the following command.

/usr/local/eenos/scripts/restoreacct --full PATH_TO_BACKUP

Where PATH_TO_BACKUP is the location path to the backup file.  The PATH_TO_BACKUP may be a .tar  or  .tar.gz  file  , or a  folder containing  backup of the account.

You can also  use the  the following options along with full restore  options.

Full Restore Options

This option will make changes or data exclude operations during backup restore process.

--disk_mount

This option will use  to assign a new home directory path for the restoring account.

By default use  the home directory mentioned on the backup file

Command:

/usr/local/eenos/scripts/restoreacct --disk_mount DISK_MOUNT PATH_TO_BACKUP

Where DISK_MOUNT  is the new home  ( Example:  /home2)  

--ipv4

This option will  change the  IPV4 address of the account by assigning the new IP address. If the given IP is not exists or not available , the process will use the main shared IPv4 address of the account. 

By default the  restore process will use the IP from the backup and  if the IP is not available, it will use the main shared IP

Command:

/usr/local/eenos/scripts/restoreacct --ipv4 IPV4 PATH_TO_BACKUP

Where IPV4 is the free IP available in the server

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