


Check out our guide on using Filezilla for assistance. The process is quite easy, and in this article, we’ll show you how to back up your files using the Filezilla FTP client. Access to the files using the cPanel user for your account is required.ĬPanel includes an easy feature to back up your website however, if your site is very large, you’ll want to use an FTP client to download your website files. This tutorial is based on using cPanel for hosting the website. You can also use FTP to backup your mail or database files. When you use an FTP client to backup your files to a local folder on your computer, you can summarize the process in three basic steps: access and select your files with FTP, create or find a directory for your backup, download your website files to the directory you have created or selected. Most SSH clients will have the port number filled in already.Backing up your website is a necessary step for all users. Launch PuTTY (or another SSH client) on your Windows PC and enter your Pi’s IP address.If you don’t already know it, you can follow this guide which details several methods of determining your Pi’s IP address. Assuming you’re certain that SSH is enabled on your Pi, next you’ll need to find your Pi’s IP address in order to connect to it with an SSH client like PuTTY.


If you’re starting from scratch with a Raspberry Pi 4, this getting started guide includes instructions on how to enable SSH by creating a text file on the SD card within your Raspberry Pi. Just be sure to download and install it before you begin. You can use whatever SSH client you want. We like PuTTY because it’s open source software that’s completely developed and supported by a team of volunteers. PuTTY is one of several SSH clients that are freely available. We’ll start with how to use SSH to connect to your Raspberry Pi from a Windows PC on your network using PuTTY.
