Xcitium SIEM

• Comodo CWatch Web Security - Quick Start Guide
  • Purchase Website Licenses
  • Login To CWatch
  • Add Websites
  • Setup CWatch Features
    • DNS Configuration
    • SSL Configuration
    • Configure Malware Scans
      • Automatic Configuration
      • Manual Configuration
    • CDN Settings
    • Setup Firewall Policies
    • Add The Trust Seal To Your Sites
    • Backup Your Site
      • Purchase A Backup License
      • Backup Configuration
      • Manual Backup And Restore
  • Use The CWatch Interface

Backup Configuration

• The backup settings area is where you establish the connection between your web host server and the backup server.

• You can also configure backup schedule, exclusions, and notifications.

• Once connected, your site files and databases are backed up as per your schedule

Open the backup settings page

• Select the target website from the menu at top-left

• Click the 'Backup' tab

• Click 'Settings' at the upper-left

The settings page lets you configure:

• Website backups
  

• Database backups
  

• Backup Schedules
  

• Notifications
  

• Exclusions 

Website Backup Settings

This section explains how to connect your site to the backup servers.

• Website URL - Enter the domain of your site. Do not include http:// or https:// at the start.

• Connection Type – Select one of the following:

• FTP – Enter the username and password of your FTP server

• SSH-KEY – cWatch will generate a private key if you choose this option. Add the key shown in the interface to your authorized keys file (…/ssh/authorized_keys) on your FTP server.

• FTP Port - The port over which cWatch should connect to your FTP server

• FTP Directory - The path of your web root folder. For example '/public_html/

• Test Connection - Click this after completing all fields

cWatch will check your settings and, if successful, show a confirmation message as follows:

• Click 'Save'
  

The backup service is activated. You can enable or disable the service using the switch at the bottom.

Database Backup Settings

These settings will connect your website database to the cWatch backup servers.

There are two options for the connection:

• Direct Connect - Establish an Amazon Web Services network connection from your database server to the cWatch server.

• SSH-KEY - cWatch will generate a private key for your account and show it in the interface. Add the key to your authorized keys file (…/ssh/authorized_keys) on your database host

Your site databases are handled separately to the rest of the files on your site. Use this section to tell cWatch of the name, location and connection method of your database.

• Configure DB backup in the ‘Database Options’ pane:

• Database Name - Your database’s label

• Connection Type - Select one of the following:

• Direct Connect – An AWS network connection from your database server to the cWatch server.

• SSH-KEY - Add the private key shown in the interface to your authorized keys file (…/ssh/authorized_keys) on your database host

• Database Username / Password - The credentials to access the database

• Database Host - IP address or host name of the database server

• Port - The port over which cWatch should connect to the database server

• Test Connection - Click this after completing all fields
  

You will see the following confirmation message if the test is successful:

• Click 'Save'
  

The database backup service is activated and you have the option to enable or disable it using the button at the bottom.

Schedule your Backup

• Backup Frequency – Four options are available:

• Daily - Backups start at the date/time shown in ‘Next Backup’, then run every day at the same time thereafter.

• Every 2 days - Backups start at the date/time shown in ‘Next Backup’, then run every other day thereafter.

• Weekly - Backups start at the date/time shown in ‘Next Backup’, then run every 7 days thereafter.

• Monthly - Backups start at the date/time shown in ‘Next Backup’, then run at the same date/time every calendar month thereafter.

• Click 'Save'.

cWatch can send email alerts to admins about the success or failure of each backup operation.

Choose one of the following options:

• After every backup - You receive a notification after each backup. The message states whether the operation was successful or not.

• Only on failure - You only receive a notification when a backup is unsuccessful.

• Disable notifications - You do not receive notifications when a backup finishes.

Click 'Save'.

Backup Exclusions

Exclusions are folders and files that you do not want to backup. This might be because they contain sensitive information, or simply because you don’t want certain files to eat into your storage limit.

There are two types of exclusion you can create:

• Directory Full Path – Exclude entire folders.

• Extension Exclusions – Exclude specific file extensions. For example, *.psd will exclude all Photoshop files.

Directory Paths

• Type the location of the folder that you want to exclude. For example, wp-admin/creds.

• Click '+'.

• Repeat the procedure to add more paths.

Directory Full Path

• Click 'Save'.

Extensions

Files with matching extensions are not backed up to cWatch servers.

• Type the extension of the file that you want to exclude. You must prefix the extension with *. For example, *.txt.

• Click '+'.

• Repeat the procedure to add more file extensions.

• Click 'Save'.
  

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