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Akeeba Backup

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is a program

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to help you to easily backup

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restore and transfer

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your web sites.

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Go to the download menu

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and scroll down to Akeeba Solo

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and click to download it 
to your computer.

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If you have subscribed for
the pro version

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make sure that you are logged in first

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to enable the download.

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The Akeeba Solo program comes as

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a zip file and we need to extract that.

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We can see we now have

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a new folder with all the files in.

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We now need to transfer these files

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to our webserver

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and to do that we will use an FTP program.

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I am going to use FileZilla

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but you can use any FTP prgogram

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you like. To begin with

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connect to your server.

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Once connected make sure you are

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in the public_html or the web root of your site.

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Now create a new folder

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in which to install Akeeba Solo.

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I am going to use solo3272

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to slightly randomise the name

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when that has been done we now need

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 to upload the files from our computer. 

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Once all the files have been uploaded

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we can go to our 
website/foldername

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which in my case is 

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akeebademo.com/solo3272

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We are now at the Akeeba Solo installer

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The installer is a very simple process.

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This first begins with the required

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server settings.

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As you can see they are all set to yes.

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If any are set to no you wont be able

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to proceed and you probably need to

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speak to your web hosts

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 to rectify the errors.

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Now click Next to continue

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Here we setup the database

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for Akeeba Solo

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Enter the database server host name

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this is usually localhost

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followed by the username and password

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for your database

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Finally the database name

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We will need to have created 

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the database before

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you run this installer.

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The installer cannot create the database.

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You can select a database table name

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prefix or leave it alone

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the default of solo_ and click Submit.

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We are now ready to configure

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the application

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Here we can set our timezone

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the URL to solo itself

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the session timeout

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and which Filesystem driver to use.

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Finally Akeeba Solo

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is protected by a login so we

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need to create a username and password

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and enter an email address.

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Finally enter my fullname

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that will be displayed on the screen

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and click Submit

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Akeeba Solo has now been setup

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we now need to tell Akeeba Solo

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which web site it is that

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we want to actually backup.

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Akeeba Solo has detected that

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there is a web site in existance

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at the root of this installation

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If that is the site you wish to backup

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leave it as it is

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It has also detected the ste root

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If I now click on Auto-detect

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Akeeba Solo will attempt to work out

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what type of script it is

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and make the settings below accordingly.

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And we can see

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that it has mysql driver, 

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the server hostname, username

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password and database name

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and prefix all from

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the Drupal web site at this address.

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If it has detected any of these

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incorrectly you can always edit them.

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Finally it is asking what type of

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script it is and it has determined

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this is Drupal 7.

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If it wasn't we could change

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it to one of these options

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Finally which type of

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Embedded restoration script

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or ANGIE that will be included

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in the backup.

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Again it has detected

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the one for Drupal 7

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but it could have detected any of these

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or even no installer at all.

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Click Submit.

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Akeeba Solo is now testing your server

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calculating the best settings for your backup

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It is important that you remain on

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the screen until the wizard has completed

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Once the wizard has completed

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you're ready to complete your first backup.

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Let us go ahead and do that right now.

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You can see a warning message here

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that we are using the default

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This is perfectly normal

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and unless you change the directory

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in the configuration

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this message will appear.

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As we can see Akeeba Solo

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will store some information

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each time we make a backup.

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By default it creates a

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description of the backup stating

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the time and date that it was taken.

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You can also add a password

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and we strongly recommend
that you do that.

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And finally you can optionally include

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an additional comment perhaps

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stating that you are doing this backup

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before updating your website.

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We can now click on backup now.

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The backup process has started.

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It is important that you do not

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browse to any other page

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until the backup has completed.

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Once the backup has completed

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you should click here on Manage Backups

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Here we can see the

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the backup has taken place.

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With its description

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a status of OK

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the size of the backup

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and a link to the actual backup file itself.

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Depending on your configuration

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this may be multiple parts.

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A backup kept on your web site

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is as useful as a set of spare keys

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stored inside your house.

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So it is important you download

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the backup from your website

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to your own computer.

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You can do this simply by

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clicking the link and confirming.

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Once you have downloaded the backup 

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You can if you want delete the

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backup file from your website

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perhaps you are short of space

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on your hosting account.

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You can do this by selecting

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the backup here

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and then clicking delete files.

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You will see there is another

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option called delete.

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This will delete the complete record

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that a backup took place

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I prefer to keep that record

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and just delete the files.

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We can see now that the record

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is still here

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but the backup file itself has gone.

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You can now return to the home 
page of Akeeba Solo.

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If you are using the free version

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you are all done.

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If you are using Akeeba Solo
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there is one more step to go.

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Right at the top we have a message

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about entering our download ID.

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this is required for updates

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to the program so lets go

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ahead and fix that. 

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Return to the akeebabackup.com web site

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make sure you are logged in and

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select My Subscriptions from the menu.

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If you now scroll down you

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will see your download id

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simply select and copy it.

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Return to your web site

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and paste it in. Click on

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Apply Download ID.

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We can see that the message has now

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disappeared and we have successfully

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installed Akeeba Solo Professional.