Knowledgebase

Information regarding how to exclude certain files/folders from a backup in JetBackup 5 can be found in our Documentation at Directories and Files to Exclude. On this page, you will also find a General recommended exclude list. Below will be a recommended Exclude List for Accounts hosted on Direct Admin Servers. Please note that these lists are not exhaustive and provide a good starting point for common files/folders to exclude.

Direct Admin Common Files to Exclude:

*.bkup
*.gz
*.jpa
*.log
*.sql
*.tar
*.tar.gz
*.wpress
*.zip
*/.wysiwygPro_*
*/backups*/
*/user_backups*/
*/admin_backups*/
*/backupbuddy_backups/*
*/cache/smarty/*
*/com_akeeba/backup/*
*/softaculous_backups/*
*/core.[0-9]*
*/error_log
usr/*
bin/*
etc/*
lib/*
lib64/*
*/var/*
logs/*
tmp/*
sbin/*
dev/*
*/wp-content/cache/*
*/wp-content/uploads/wpcf7_captcha/*
*/wp-content/widget-cache/*
*/wptsc-cachedir/*
.MirrorSearch
access-logs/*
backup-*.tar.gz
public_ftp/*
public_html/cache/*
site-*.tar.gz