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...
