Last Updated on December 2, 2019 by Christopher G Mendla
If you are using Joomla, you need to consider a serious backup plan. I found Joomla Pack which is a backup system for Joomla. You can find it here.
The install process is pretty straightforward.
- Download the zip file to your pc
- Run the extension installer from your Joomla Control Panel
- Run your backups
There is a little more than that, but not much. First of all, the app suggested storing your backups in a folder above your HTML root. That makes a lot of sense. Creating that folder in FTP was a snap. Then you have to change the Joomlapack configuration to match that folder for backup.
The other suggestion was to change the configuration to save as a Joomlapack archive instead of a zip. Joomlapack has the capability to restore your entire Joomla site.
While you are downloading Joomlapack, you should also download Kickstart which is the tool which will allow you to restore the site.
I need to play around with this a bit more, but I do feel a lot better knowing that it is possible to easily back up your Joomla sites. I haven’t tried a restore yet but will look into it.