My presentation on advanced Akeeba Backup in Joomla! Day Denmark 2012

1. ADVANCED AKEEBA BACKUP
Beyond just backing up your site

2. THE SIMPLE STUFF

3. Backup here, restore
anywhere
Se rver A
Ser ver B

4. Danger, Will Robinson!
Don’t restore a site on top of another site based on a
different Joomla! series, e.g. 2.5 on top of 1.7 or 1.5
on top of 2.5.
For Joomla! 1.6 and later, don’t restore a site on top of
another site, period. E.g. don’t restore a Joomla! 2.5.6
site on top of Joomla! 2.5.4.

5. ADVANCED BACKUP
STRATEGIES

6. Database only
Frequently changing
tables (e.g. orders)
Use the Database Table
Exclusion filter
Manual restoration only

7. Files only
Important files (e.g.
configuration files)
Use the Files and
Folders Exclusion filters
Restore using Kickstart
or manually

8. Incremental files-only
Frequently added files
(e.g. media files)
Based on modification
date and time
Use with files only
backups and quotas for
easier restoration
Tip: use the date
conditional filter

9. Advanced Site Transfers
Apply selective updates
to your site
Requires a lot of
planning
More info: http://is.gd/
ABAST

10. PROFESSIONAL TOOLS

11. Exclude non-Joomla!
tables
RegEx Database Table
Exclusion
Use the regex:
!@^#__@

12. Encrypted archives (JPS)
The content is encrypted
with AES-128
Protects data when
transferred over FTP or
HTTP
Requires server support
(mcrypt with Rijndael) in
source and destination
server

13. Backup to the “cloud”
Automatically store
backups on Dropbox,
Amazon S3 etc
Amazon S3 enjoys
special privileges. You’ll
see what I mean!

14. Re-upload Files
Uploads archives to cloud storage services (S3, Dropbox, ...)
Originally designed to work around failed transfers
Can be used to upload any existing archive with a little effort

15. Import Archives
Detects existing archives and imports them to the
default backup profile (#1)
Useful after restoring a site to a previous version...
and for many other uses!

16. Import from S3
Like import archive, works with archives stored in
Amazon S3
Archives needn’t be backups of the current site.

17. Integrated Restoration
Restoring a backup archive to the same server
...or any other server on the Internet, via FTP!

18. Backup multiple
databases
Multiple Databases
Definitions
Add the connection
details of one or more
databases
Restoration asks you to
restore or skip each one
of them

19. Backup files outside your
site’s root
e.g. download files or
configuration files stored
one level above the web
root
Off-Site Directories
Inclusion
Just browse for the
directory you want!

20. Backup a different site
Configuration, Site
Overrides
Choose another site
path: Site root override
Choose another
database: Site database
override

21. MOVE YOUR SITE LIKE A
BOSS

22. Site Transfer Wizard
Similar to integrated restoration using FTP, but much easier to
use
Supports FTP, FTPS, SFTP
Some servers don’t allow a full transfer

23. Magic Transfer via FTP
Backup Site A to Site B using the “Upload to remote
FTP server”
Upload and run Kickstart on Site B
Thus you get to transfer Site A to Site B without
downloading anything locally!

24. The really simple way
Attention: You’ll need Kickstart Professional
Backup Site A to Amazon S3
Upload Kickstart Professional to Site B
Let Kickstart download the archive from S3 to Site B
The rest is the typical restoration workflow

25. IMPORT FROM S3 TO KICKSTART
The Easiest Site Transfer Method

26. QUESTIONS?

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28. THE END