How do I backup my entire Moodle site?

How do I backup my entire Moodle site?

Backing up a course

1. Go into the course.
2. Click the Backup link either in the gear menu or the Administration block (depending upon the theme).
3. Initial settings – Select activities, blocks, filters and other items as required then click the Next button.

Does Moodle have backups?

A site backup allows a site administrator to save everything associated with a moodle site. These backups can be restored to bring a site back to the point in time when the backup was made.

How do I export a Moodle site?

Go to Settings>Site administration>Users>Accounts>Bulk user actions and select the users you wish to export. From the dropdown “With selected users”, choose “download” and choose the type of file you wish to download from text, ODS or Excel.

How do I access my Moodle backups?

Re: And WHERE do the moodle backup files go?

1. Select a course from courses.
2. Click Backup.
3. Set what is to be backed up.
4. Make the backup.
5. Click Continue.
6. IMMEDIATELY download the backup.
7. When the download advice appears at the bottom of the Moodle window, right click it and select show in Finder.

Where are Moodle backup files stored?

To locate your backup files for the course: On Moodle in the Cloud (umass.moonami.com), on the Course Management panel, under Course Settings, select Restore. The Restore page will open. On Legacy Moodle (moodle.umass.edu), on the Course Management panel, under Course Settings, select Manage backups.

How do I backup and restore from Moodle?

To ensure this:

1. Unzip the backup file of the course (example: mycourse. zip)
2. Once the file is unzipped, open the folder (example: mycourse).
3. Select the folders within the mycourse folder AND the moodle. xml file and create a zip of those item (example: mycourse_new.
4. Upload the new zip file (example: mycourse_new.

Where does Moodle store backup files?

Manage Backup Files Stored on Moodle

1. Log in to Moodle and open a course for which an .
2. In the menu bar at the top of your course page, select the Course Management button (gear icon.
3. To locate your backup files for the course:
4. Scroll to the User private backup area.

How do I backup and restore from moodle?

How do I import a backup file into moodle?

Restoring a course backup

1. Go to Settings > Front page settings > Restore or Settings > Course administration > Restore.
2. Upload the backup file or choose a file in the course backup area or user private backup area and click Restore.
3. Confirm – Check that everything is as required then click the Continue button.

Where are Moodle backups stored?

The . mbz backup file for courseid=25 will be stored in the backup subfolder in the Moodledata ($CFG->dataroot) folder.

How do I import a backup file into Moodle?

What is backup website?

A website backup is a copy of all of your website data. This is especially the case if your website runs on a content management system like WordPress, where you’ll need all of your site’s files, content, media, and databases to get it up and running again.

What can a site backup do for Moodle?

A site backup allows a site administrator to save everything associated with a moodle site. These backups can be restored to bring a site back to the point in time when the backup was made.

How to restore moodle from a zip file?

If you are restoring from a zip file backup make sure the moodle.xml file is at the root level. To ensure this: Unzip the backup file of the course (example: mycourse.zip) Once the file is unzipped, open the folder (example: mycourse).

Where can I get a copy of the Moodle code?

You can always get a copy of the standard Moodle code from http://download.moodle.org so you only have to backup the parts you added or changed yourself. The right way to back up your database depends on which database system you are using. The instructions below are one way to back up a MySQL database.

Where are the site files stored in Moodle?

The uploaded files (For example, site and course files uploaded via Moodle located in moodledata) You can confirm where all these things are located in a Moodle installation by checking the config.php file. $CFG->wwwroot points to where the code is stored.