Backup, restore, and database management

Creating a backup is essential to ensure we have a way to restore our Magento store in case something unexpected happens. Magento allows us to create a code base and database backup through the admin panel and the Magento 2 command-line tool.

In order to create a backup from the admin panel, you should go to the following section: SYSTEM | Tools | Backups

In that section, you will see a list of all the backups that you have created. In addition to that, you will be able to create three types of backup:

• System Backup: Creates a code base and database backup with the ability to include or exclude the media folder
• Database and Media Backup: Creates a database and media folder backup
• Database Backup: Creates a database backup

For all these backup types, you have the ability to put the Magento store in maintenance mode, since the process takes a lot of server resources.

If you click on System Backup, the following window will...