In order to transfer a site, you can use the built-in backup creation tool. This function allows you to:

  • create an archive with all files of your site (in tar.gz format);
  • exclude the system kernel from the archive;
  • exclude files whose size exceeds the specified limit;
  • create the database dump (in tar.gz format);
  • exclude statistics and search index from the database dump.

You can create the backup copy of the site using the back-up creation form: (Control Panel > Settings > Tools > Backup).

  • Check the Backup Gradually option and specify the Step duration.

    Note: the recommended step duration is 30 sec., the maximum duration is 55 sec.

  • Select the archival objects in the Files group. Note that you can omit adding the kernel files only if the local and remote system versions are absolutely identical.
  • Use the file size restriction field to exclude unwanted large files from the archive. Furthermore, you can exclude any files of your choice by specifying the filepath wildcard mask.
  • Check the Backup Database option. The size of the database archive can be decreased by omitting the statistics and the search index.
  • Having specified the archive parameters, click Backup to start the archive creation process:

After the archive file has been created, the file link will show under the form. The archive is now available for download.

  • Click on the action menu icon and select Download in the menu:



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