CS-Cart Advanced Backup Management add-on helps you secure your store data by providing a reliable and automated backup solution.
It allows you to create, manage, and restore backups with ease, ensuring your business stays protected from unexpected data loss or system failures.
With features like scheduled backups, cron-based cleanup, and cloud storage integration, the add-on ensures your store remains optimized and safe at all times.
It simplifies backup management and helps you maintain smooth and uninterrupted store operations.
Features
- The add-on provides a user-friendly interface that makes it easy for the admin to use and manage backups efficiently.
- It offers advanced backend options that allow the admin to create a complete store installer with ease.
- The admin can enable automatic log clearing, cache cleanup, and database optimization to maintain store performance.
- The admin can schedule cron jobs to back up files, the database, or the entire store, including the store installer.
- The admin can configure cron to automatically delete old backups after creating new ones, ensuring optimal storage management.
- The admin can integrate Dropbox to upload backups automatically for secure off-site storage.
- The admin can enable email notifications to receive cron execution logs and stay updated on backup activities.
Note: The Backup Management add-on cannot be added to the demo store because creating backups on the demo environment is not supported.
However, we can provide a live demonstration of the add-on’s workflow and features.
Video Tutorial
Installation
After downloading the CS-Cart Advanced Backup Management add-on, you’ll get one zip file, one install.txt file, and a relevant User Guide manual doc.
Please read it carefully for proper configuration.
Go to Manage Add-ons, and click on “Manual Installation” as shown below in the snapshot.
Click on “Local” to browse the zip file, and then click on “Upload & Install” as shown below in the snapshot.
Library installation
You can also download the library manually if needed.
Navigate to the following location using the terminal:
app/addons/wk_backup_management/lib/dropbox
Run the command:
composer update
Module Configuration | Admin
To configure the module, go to the Add-Ons >> Developers >> Webkul Software Pvt Ltd. >> Advanced Backup Management>> Settings.
- Clear Logs: Enable this option to automatically clear site log data and reduce unnecessary storage usage.
- Clear Template Cache: Enable this setting to remove cached templates and improve site performance.
- Clear Thumbnails: Use this option to delete image thumbnails and free up storage space on your server.
- Optimize Database: Enable this feature to optimize your database and enhance overall store performance.
- Create Backup Of: Select the type of backup you want to create through cron, such as files, database, or full backup.
Dropbox Settings
- Dropbox Backup: Enable this option to upload backup files to Dropbox.
- Create Backup Of: Select the type of backup that you want to upload to Dropbox.
- Enable Send Mail: Enable this option to send a backup report to the specified email after the backup completes.
- Cron Key: Use this key in the cron request as the
cron_keyparameter for security.
View Of Uploaded File To Dropbox
An admin can find the list of the uploaded Backup file which he had to enable in “Dropbox Settings”.
Further, in add-on settings, an admin has enabled the Backup of “Database”, “Files”, “Full Backup” and “Store Installer” to upload the respected Backup file as given in the snapshot.
How To Download Store Installer And Create A Setup Of a New Website
Once a Store Installer is created, an admin is able to create a new setup of his website by downloading the “Store Installer”.
So, an admin requires to download the “Store Installer” first to create the setup. Then, after extracting the file upload it to the server and configure the settings as given in below snapshot:
Once an admin had configured the settings and can install the new setup. Given below is the snapshot of the store created via “Store Installer”.
View Of “Backup/Restore” At Backend->
Here in the “Administration” tab, Click on “Backup/Restore” to get the list of Backup files.
Support
That’s all for CS-Cart Advanced Backup Management, still, have any issues, feel free to contact us at Webkul Support System and let us know to make the addon better.
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Current Product Version - 1.1
Supported Framework Version - 4.18
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