How to restore a full backup of Concrete5

Restore the Files

The first step of the process is to restore the files of your Concrete5 backup. There are two important things to consider here so pay attention.

Where would you like to restore the backup? If you would like to restore it to the previous position and access your Concrete5 website via the same URL, you will have to clear up the old contents of your website from the server and then upload the files from your backup. However, if you would like to restore it on a different location, simply create it and then upload the files in there.

Is the location cleared up? It is important to ensure that the location, where you are restoring the Concrete5 backup files, is all clean. You need to remove all files that were previously occupying the same folder.

Restore the Database

The first thing is to create a new and empty database on your hosting package and a user for it. This user must have all privileges to your database.

Once you create a new database, you are ready to proceed with the actual restore of your database backup. To complete that, please access your cPanel account and navigate to the Databases tab. From there, click on the phpMyAdmin icon.

Select the database that you have just created from the list on the left-side of the screen.

Click on the Import button at the top menu.

In the File Importsection, you need to select the dump backup file of the database that you wish to restore. When you complete that, simply click on the Go button below to proceed with the process.

Link the Files and the Database

By completing the steps above, you should have a location on your account, which contains all of the files and folders of your Concrete5 website. You should also have a database, which contains the backup of your Concrete5 database. Now, it is time to configure them together via the configuration file of your website.

You can edit the file and enter the details for your new database using your favorite FTP client or directly via the File Manager service within your cPanel account.