Overview
This guide will help you how to enable Automated Backups for your installation(s).
NOTE : Automated Backups option will not be available to you if your admin has disabled Backups/Restore on the server.
NOTE : Automated Backups might consume space on your account so please choose the Backup Rotation as per the space available.
We will be taking an example of WordPress which is a popular blogging software. We will be choosing the Frequency of backing up once a day.
For New Installations
1) Login to Panel
- Go to your panel (e.g. cPanel’s url will be https://domain.com:2083) and login with your details.
- There click on the Softaculous Icon or Link.
- The Softaculous Enduser Panel will be displayed.
2) Choose a Script
- On the left side you will find some categories of Scripts.
- Choose the category in which your script lies. We choose Blogs in this case.
![](https://www.softaculous.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/blog.png)
- Choose a script from it. We choose WordPress in this case.
![](https://www.softaculous.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/wp.png)
The Script details will appear with various details like ratings, reviews, demo url etc.
3) Fill in the Installation Details
- Click on the Install Tab.
- Fill in the details.
4) Choose Automated Backup details
- Click on the Advanced Options button.
- Choose the Backup frequency i.e. Once a Day, Once a Week, Once a Month.
- Choose the Backup Rotation. This is the maximum number of automated backups for this installation. If the maximum limit is reached Softaculous will delete the oldest backup of this installation.
![](https://www.softaculous.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/insbackupfreq.png)
5) Click Install
- Click on install and this should do the trick. Installation time may vary in accordance to size of the script and other factors, So please be patient.
- That’s it !! Your automated backups are now scheduled and will run as per the frequency you have chosen. You will receive the details of Automated backups when the backups are executed.
NOTE : You will receive the emails if the emails are enabled.
For Existing Installations
1) Login to Panel
- Go to your panel (e.g. cPanel’s url will be https://domain.com:2083) and login with your details.
- There click on the Softaculous Icon or Link.
- The Softaculous Enduser Panel will be displayed.
- Now choose the installation you want to enable/edit Automated backups for.
![](https://www.softaculous.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ins23.png)
2) Choose the Automate Backups details
- Here you can enable/disable/edit the Automated backups of the installation
- Choose the Backup frequency i.e. Once a Day, Once a Week, Once a Month, choose Don’t Backup if you want to disable automated backups
- Choose the Backup Rotation. This is the maximum number of automated backups for this installation. If the maximum limit is reached Softaculous will delete the oldest backup of this installation.
![](https://www.softaculous.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/editbackupfreq.png)
3) Save the details
- Now click on Save Installation Details button to save the installation details.
- That’s it you have now configured the Automated backups for this installation.
For Admins
Disable Automated Backups
- Automated backups can be disabled by admins from Softaculous Admin panel -> Settings
- Select the Disable Automated Backups for Enduser check box and click on Edit Settings button.
- That’s it !! Automated Backups are now disabled for Endusers.
Note : Regular backups will still be enabled for the users only Automated backups will be disabled with this setting. If you want to completely disable backups/restore select the Disable Backup/Restore Function for Endusers check box.
![](https://www.softaculous.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/diablebacadmin.png)