How to create and download a database backup

Control Panel V10 > Hosting Control Panel

To create and download a database backup:

  1. Sign in to the Hosting Control Panel and open Databases.
  2. Select the appropriate database engine and locate the database.
  3. Select Backup, then select Create Backup.
  4. Use Work Queue to monitor the backup operation.
  5. Open Files and browse to the /db folder after the backup completes.
  6. Select Download for the backup file.

Current Hosting Control Panel screen

Database backups can also be downloaded through FTP from the hosting account's /db folder.