How to Restore a Backup of X-Cart

Restore your Files

The first step of the process is to restore the files of your X-Cart backup. First, you need to decide the location, where you wish to restore your X-Cart website. If you wish to access it directly via the primary domain of your account, you need to restore the files in the public_html/ directory of your account. This may differ if you are restoring your files on a subdomain or subfolder.

Once you decide where you wish to restore your X-Cart backup, you need to ensure that the directory is empty. Then simply upload the files of your backup to it.

Restore the Database

The next step is to restore the database of your X-Cart backup. For this purpose, you need to create a new database and a user assigned to it with full privileges.

Once you create your database, you can proceed with the restore of your X-Cart backup. Log into your cPanel account and locate the Databases section. Click on the phpMyAdmin service.

The system will display a list of all available databases on your account. Select the newly created one.

Click on the Import button from the top menu.

Select the database backup from your local computer and click on the Go button to proceed with the import.

Link the Files and Database

Up until now, you will have a location on your account that contains all of the files of your X-Cart backup. You will also have a database that contains the required data for the restore. It is now time to link them together and complete the restore.

For this purpose, you will have to edit the X-Cart main configuration file. You need to change two sections:

• database_details

The database details section will allow you to enter the details of the newly created database. The lines you need to edit are:

[database_details]
hostspec = "localhost"
socket = ""
port = ""
database = "xcart_xcar424"
username = "xcart_xcar424"
password = "S1-1WJ3PV!"
table_prefix = "xc_"

• host_details

The host details are about the domain, which is used on your website. You need to edit the following lines of code.

[host_details]
http_host = "xcart.fcomet.com"
https_host = "xcart.fcomet.com"
web_dir = ""
domains = ""