Backing up a Website

DropSync can be used to backup a remotely hosted website to a local computer.

Web backups will only work if your website hosting service provides shell access via ssh, or if you can make the website content appear as a volume in Finder

To backup the public_html or equivalent folder on a website:

1. Create a new SSH Synced Place and name it Web Backup or something similar
2. Set the Synced Place root path to be the absolute path to the directory which contains the public_html directory
3. Set the Local root to the location on your local computer where you want the backup to reside.
4. Configure login credentials for the SSH Synced place
5. Add the public_html or desired web directory to DropSync by selecting it in the Browser view
6. Click the green down arrow in the DropSync toolbar to initiate a sync