restoreacct

Restore Eenos Backup

This ~~tools~~tool will help you to restore backup generated from an ~~eeos~~eenos hosting control panel. You can restore the entire backup or a part of the backup like files, email , ~~database~~database, ~~etc.,~~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~~where PATH_TO_BACKUP is the full path to the backup ~~file~~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~~account, you may use the following command.

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

~~Where~~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~~default, use the home directory mentioned onin the backup ~~file~~file.

Command:

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

~~Where~~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 isdoes not ~~exists~~exist or not available , the process will use the main shared IPv4 address of the account.

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

Command:

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

~~Where~~where IPV4 is the free IP available in the ~~server~~server.

--newname

Change the eenos user name with new user name. This option will assign a new user name for the restoring hosting accounts.

~~This~~These options will change database name prefixes and home directory ~~name.~~name, which may break some websites or ~~application~~applications that is already configured inside the hosting account. You may need to manually edit the website scripts to fix the new paths and database names. You are Warned !!!

Command:

/usr/local/eenos/scripts/restoreacct --newname NEWNAME PATH_TO_BACKUP

~~Where~~where NEWNAME is a Unix user name for the new eenos hosting account.

--force

Use this ~~options~~option, if the account already ~~exist~~exists ~~ins~~in the server.

If the account ~~exists~~exists, it will replace the data only . This doesn't provide a clean full restore action.

You may use the following command to force the restore.

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

--skipmysql

To skip restoring all mysql databases from the ~~backup.~~backup,

Command:

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

--skiphome

To skip home directory restore of the ~~account~~account,

Command:

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

--skiplets

To skip regeneration of Let's encrypt auto ssl ~~certificates.~~ certificates,

Command:

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

--skippgsql

To exclude PostgreSQL database restore from the ~~backup~~backup,

Command:

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

--skipmongodb

To exclude mongodb database restore from ~~backup~~backup,

Command:

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

--skipmailman

This is a future ~~options.~~option. Restoring and backup of Mailman3 mailing list is not ~~available~~supported ~~yet~~yet.

--skipemail

To exclude restoring of email accounts from ~~backup~~backup,

Command:

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

--skipbwdata

To exclude bandwidth usage data history from the ~~backup~~backup,

Command:

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

--skipdiskusage

To exclude disk usage history data from the ~~backup~~backup,

Command:

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

--skippublichtml

To exclude the public_html ~~folder~~folder, , (it is the document root of the main ~~account.~~account),

Command:

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

--skipreseller

Exclude the reseller privileges on the account if have.

If the backup is a reseller account backup , the restore operation will restore the reseller privileges as default restore option.

Command:

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

Restore Home Directory From Backup

The eenos restore tool has this unique feature to restore home directly files from the backup. This may include everything inside home directory.

Command:

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

Restore Domain or Website

Restore a website content ~~form~~from the backup. You can restore a full website files ~~form~~from a backup.

Command:

/usr/local/eenos/scripts/restoreacct --domain DOMAIN PATH_TO_BACKUP

~~Where~~where DOMAIN is the website ~~time~~name.

Restore Email Account

You can restore a single email account from the backup.

If the email account already exists ,it will sync the emails.

Command:

/usr/local/eenos/scripts/restoreacct --email EMAIL PATH_TO_BACKUP

~~Where~~where EMAIL is the email account ~~name~~name.

Restore MySQL Database

You can restore a single MySQL database from the ~~backup~~backup.

Command:

/usr/local/eenos/scripts/restoreacct --mysqldb MYSQLDB PATH_TO_BACKUP

~~Where~~where MYSQLDB is MySQL database ~~aame~~name.

Restore PostgreSQL Database

You can restore a single PostgreSQL database from the ~~backup~~backup.

Command:

/usr/local/eenos/scripts/restoreacct --pgsqldb PGSQLDB PATH_TO_BACKUP

~~Where~~where PGSQLDB is the PgSQL database ~~name~~name.

Restore MongoDB Database

You can restore a single MongoDB database from the ~~backup~~backup.

Command:

/usr/local/eenos/scripts/restoreacct --mongodb MONGODB PATH_TO_BACKUP

~~Where~~where MONGODB is the MongoDB database ~~name~~name.

Restore File

You can restore a single file from hethe backup . To restore the ~~file~~file, use the following command

Command

/usr/local/eenos/scripts/restoreacct --file FILE PATH_TO_BACKUP

~~Where~~where FILE is the relative path to the file from the ~~user~~user's home directory ( eg : public_html/foo/fun.php )

Restore Directory or Folder

You can restore a single directory or folder from the ~~back.~~backup.

Command:

/usr/local/eenos/scripts/restoreacct --dir DIR PATH_TO_BACKUP

~~Where~~where DIR the relative path to the directory from ~~user~~user's home directory ( Ex: public_html/foo )