AndrewMKP Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Hello, I am interested to know if it is possible to add a Automated backup option should a user pick it as a addon product and pay for it? Is this possible? If so how exactly? Regards, Andrew 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsonwebhosting Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 What service would you be using for the automated backup? Depending on the program and if there's an API for it, then you'd be able to program it from there with a hook I'd assume. We use r1soft on all our servers for automated backup - but since it does it from a server level (sectors etc) it does the entire machine. So it's ALL users or NO users 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewMKP Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 Well I would be willing to pay someone for this sort of thing as a per user backup would be very good, if anyone is interested please PM me to keep this thread on track. i have absolutely no idea Conor. The servers are running Linux Centos, cPanel & WHM etc but not sure if its possible to do it in WHMCS. it must be because it calls on other commands to do similar things? Anyone have and ideas on this one or should I sumbit a support ticket? Kind Regards, Andrew. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsonwebhosting Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 If you're running cPanel/WHM then you have the option to backup customer files directly in the WHM console, and I beleive this is also integrated into an API. As a manual solution; Setup your WHM backup program to backup the files for whatever user you check in the boxes Setup a package in WHMCS to allow customers to order a backup Two things I'd advise; Watch the CPU load like a hawk. cPanel & their backup is VERY CPU intensive When making a backup, put it to a different server (or rsync the file elsewhere) - your user will appreicate it should the server fail. WHM does have a backup API which the "dofullbackup" command is called from inside the users cPanel account - it calls to API1 and not the API2 calls. You may want to do some digging in there and see if maybe setting an action hook in WHMCS to enable the backup flag on WHM for whatever user once the package is set to active. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewMKP Posted November 5, 2008 Author Share Posted November 5, 2008 Right OK, thanks Conor. Anyone else have any input? Regards, Andrew 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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