MediaCP Manual
    1. Getting Started
    2. Sales Questions
    3. Frequently Asked Questions
    4. Transcoder System Benchmarks
    5. Start your own streaming platform
    1. Product Licensing
    2. Change account currency
    1. Introduction
    2. Installation & Upgrade
      1. System Requirements
      2. Versions & Releases
      3. Installation
      4. Upgrading
      5. SSL Certificates
      6. Streaming Servers
        1. Nginx-Rtmp Video Server
        2. Wowza Streaming Engine
        3. Flussonic Media Server
        4. Video Feature Comparison
        5. Icecast 2 / Icecast KH
        6. Shoutcast 2
    3. Billing Integration
      1. Clientexec Integration Guide
      2. Blesta Integration Guide
      3. WiseCP Integration Guide
      4. WHMCS Integration Guide
    4. Migrate from other software
      1. Migrate From AzuraCast
      2. Migrate From Centovacast
    5. Backup & Restoration
      1. Backup MediaCP
      2. Restore MediaCP
      3. Transfer to another server
    6. Administration
      1. MediaCP System Commands
      2. Admin Tools
      3. Custom Web Service Configurations
      4. Change MediaCP domain name
      5. Port 80 / 443 Proxy
      6. Move media to another hard disk
      7. Custom Language Translations
      8. Custom Facebook App
      9. Secure your server
      10. Setup CSF Firewall
      11. Troubleshooting Login Errors
      12. Reset Admin Password
    7. Scaling
      1. Nginx-Rtmp with CloudFront CDN
      2. Scale with Wowza and CloudFront CDN
    8. Troubleshooting
      1. Troubleshooting Wowza Streaming Engine
      2. FTP Troubleshooting
      3. MySQL Database Troubleshooting
      4. Reporting Troubleshooting
      5. Troubleshooting Liquidsoap AutoDJ
      6. Video Relay Troubleshooting
      7. Disk Troubleshooting
      8. Grant access to support team
    1. Introduction
    2. Administrators Dashboard
    3. System Configuration
      1. General
      2. Services
      3. Video Players
      4. Albums
      5. Email
      6. Plugins
      7. Statistics
      8. Backups
      9. Custom HTML
      10. Misc
    4. Customer Accounts
      1. Managing existing Customers
      2. Create a new Customer
      3. Deleting a Customer
      4. Login as another Customer
      5. Send email to Customer
      6. Reset Customer Password
    5. Reseller Accounts
      1. Create a Reseller Account
      2. Reseller Plans
    6. Administrator Accounts
      1. Create a new Administrator
    7. Media Services
      1. Creating a Media Service
      2. Deleting a Media Service
    8. Announcements
      1. Managing Announcements
      2. Creating Announcement
      3. Deleting Announcement
    9. Statistics
    10. Software Health
    11. Software Updates
    12. Email Templates
    13. API
    1. Introduction
    2. Audio Operation Manual
      1. Basics 101
      2. Station Overview
      3. Media Library
      4. Playlists
        1. General Rotation
        2. Jingles & Advertising
        3. Scheduling
        4. Repeat Protection
      5. Live DJ Connections
      6. Live Stream Recording
      7. DJ Manager
      8. Country Blocking
      9. Fallback, Backup and Intro Files
      10. HTML5 Player
      11. Stream Authentication
      12. Stream Proxy
      13. Public Page
      14. Widgets & Links
      15. Reporting
    3. Video Operation Manual
      1. Basics 101
      2. Service Overview
      3. File Manager
      4. Scheduling
      5. Streaming to Your Service
      6. Stream Targets
      7. GeoIP Country Locking
      8. Public Page
      9. Widgets & Links
      10. Reporting
    4. Reseller Operations Manual
      1. Reseller Dashboard
      2. Customers
      3. Media Services
    5. API
    1. Shoutcast 2 Admin Guide
    2. Wowza and Flussonic on same system
    3. Submit a feature request
    4. Custom Domain Names
    1. Getting started with Audio Streaming
    2. Icecast Live Broadcasting
    3. Shoutcast 2 Live Broadcasting
    4. Broadcasting with AutoDJ
    5. DJ Accounts
    6. GeoIP Country Locking
    7. HTML5 Audio Player
    8. Mount Points
    9. Managing Your Media
    10. Managing Media Using FTP
    11. Statistics
    12. Shoutcast 2 Premium
    1. Getting started with video streaming
    2. Live Streaming Overview
    3. TV Station Overview
    4. Ondemand Video Streaming
    5. GeoIP Country Locking
    6. VAST Advertising
    7. Relay & IP Camera
    8. Stream Recording
    9. Connecting your encoder
    10. Preparing Your Media Files
    11. Managing Media Using FTP
    12. Understanding Video Playlists
    13. Embedding player on your website
    14. Smooth Streaming and Content Transition
    15. Video Transcoding (Adaptive Bitrate Streaming)
    16. Stream Watermark​
    17. DVR Rewind
    18. Statistics
    19. Facebook Live Streaming
    20. Youtube Stream Publishing
    21. Twitch Stream Publishing
    22. Shoutcast 2 Stream Publishing
    23. Icecast Stream Publishing
    24. RTMP Stream Publishing
    1. Cloud Video Overview
    2. Admin Manual - Cloud Video
      1. Dashboard - A First Look
      2. Branding your platform
      3. Team & Staff Members
      4. Plans & Customers
      5. WHMCS Billing Provisioning Module
      6. Login to your cloud platform
      7. Activating VOD on Customer Plan
      8. API
    3. User Manual - Cloud Video
      1. Login to your video platform
      2. First Look
      3. Creating a Channel
      4. Channel Overview
      5. Broadcasting
      6. Recording
      7. Media Content
      8. Live Events
      9. 30 Minute Rewind
      10. Fallback Video
      11. TV Channels - 24x7 UGC
        1. TV Event Scheduling
        2. Channel Guide Widgets
      12. Video on Demand
      13. Relay Channels
      14. VOD Playlists
      15. Publishing
      16. Bandwidth Utilisation
      17. Viewing Analytics
      18. Publish Zoom Meetings
      19. Advertising
      20. Restreaming IP Cameras
    4. Video Guide Series
    5. Streaming Best Practices
    6. Feature Comparison
    7. Roadmap & Release Notes
Backup & Restoration

Last updated 2 years ago

Backups provide a snapshot of the MediaCP servers database, media contents and important configuration files (including SSL Certificates), allowing for a  complete recovery in the event of a hardware failure or other disaster. 

A backup of the database (only) is created automatically every time you upgrade the software, and by default all backups are stored in the /backup path on your system.

It is recommended to take regular complete backups of the MediaCP and store these offsite where possible.

Backup Package & Structure

The backup package file is described below, enabling an administrator to create a compatible package for the restoration process if necessary.

Please note any tar files should contain relative paths and not full paths. For example, when taking a backup of the content path, change directory to /usr/local/mediacp/content first. Likewise with /usr/local/mediacp/htdocs for the htdocs.tar file.

The backup file is an uncompressed .tar file containing the following files:

  • database.tar
    • mediacp.sql (mysql dump file)
  • htdocs.tar (containing entire /usr/local/mediacp/htdocs/)
  • config.tar containing
    • /nginx/conf.d/ssl.conf
    • /nginx/server.pem
    • /nginx/fullchain.pem
    • /nginx/server.key
    • /php/php.d/custom.ini
    • icecast.cert
  • content.tar – Optionally included tar of the /usr/local/mediacp/content path
  • letsencrypt.tar – Optionally included if letsencrypt is enabled. 
    • tar of /usr/local/mediacp/letsencrypt/
  • contentdir – text file containing the content path (/usr/local/mediacp/content/)

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