Is it possible to exlude file/folder from the full cPanel backup on cPanel server?
Solution :-
There are two ways to exlude file/folder from the full cPanel backup on cPanel server -
1) Global exclude file (root access needed).
2) Local exclude file
1) Global exclude file -
2) Local exclude file
1) Global exclude file -
This option is used to exclude files/folders from the backup for all users hosted on the server by adding file/directories name in /etc/cpbackup-exclude.conf file.
Below are the example contents of /etc/cpbackup-exclude.conf to exlude backup files and access-logs for all users hosted on the server -
access-logs
backup-*
2) Local exclude file -
This option is used to exclude files/folders from the backup for individual user hosted on the server by adding file/directories name in /home/username/cpbackup-exclude.conf file.