{"id":2512,"date":"2021-12-10T12:30:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T12:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/?p=2512"},"modified":"2021-12-10T13:20:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T13:20:01","slug":"which-configuration-files-and-directories-are-backed-up-by-the-whm-backup-feature-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/which-configuration-files-and-directories-are-backed-up-by-the-whm-backup-feature-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Configuration Files and Directories are backed up by the WHM Backup Feature ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the Backup Configuration Files is Enabled within the WHM, the WHM Backup Feature backs up the subsequent system configuration files and directories:<\/p>\n

Configuration Files:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\/etc\/exim.conf
\n\/etc\/exim.conf.local
\n\/etc\/exim.conf.localopts
\n\/etc\/namedb\/named.conf
\n\/etc\/rc.conf
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\n\/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/httpd.conf<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Directories:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\/etc\/namedb
\n\/etc\/valiases
\n\/etc\/proftpd
\n\/etc\/vdomainaliases
\n\/etc\/ssl
\n\/etc\/vfilters
\n\/usr\/local\/frontpage
\n\/usr\/share\/ssl
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\n\/var\/lib\/rpm
\n\/var\/lib\/named\/chroot\/var\/named\/master
\n\/var\/named
\n\/var\/cpanel
\n\/var\/spool\/cron
\n\/var\/cron\/tabs
\n\/var\/spool\/fcron
\n\/var\/log\/bandwidth
\n\/var\/ssl
\n\/var\/lib\/mysql (on RedHat and CentOS)
\nor
\n\/var\/db\/mysql (on FreeBSD)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Backing up the system configuration files help a lot,<\/p>\n

If the system configuration files for your dedicated server gets deleted mistakenly, you can backing up the system configuration files help a lot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When the Backup Configuration Files is Enabled within the WHM, the WHM Backup Feature backs up the subsequent system configuration files and directories: Configuration Files: \/etc\/exim.conf \/etc\/exim.conf.local \/etc\/exim.conf.localopts \/etc\/namedb\/named.conf \/etc\/rc.conf \/etc\/named.conf \/etc\/proftpd.conf \/etc\/localdomains \/etc\/httpd\/conf\/httpd.conf \/etc\/group \/etc\/shadow \/etc\/master.passwd \/etc\/passwd \/etc\/fstab \/etc\/ips \/etc\/ips.remotemail \/etc\/ips.remotedns \/etc\/reservedips \/etc\/reservedipreasons \/etc\/quota.conf \/etc\/wwwacct.conf \/etc\/remotedomains \/etc\/rndc.conf \/etc\/secondarymx \/etc\/my.cnf \/root\/.my.cnf \/usr\/local\/cpanel\/3rdparty\/interchange\/interchange.cfg \/usr\/local\/apache\/conf\/httpd.conf Directories: \/etc\/namedb […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whm"],"yoast_head":"\nWhich Configuration Files and Directories are backed up by the WHM Backup Feature ? 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