What type of remote Backup Destination are there when using the cPanel account interface?

Question

What type of remote Backup Destination are available inside the cPanel interface for your account?

Answer

This answer only applies to the cPanel interface and does not apply to the WHM Backup Feature.

By default, there are four connection types you can use when creating a 'Full Account Backup' inside the cPanel interface.

Log into the following page in your cPanel account:

cPanel: Home -> Files -> Backup --> Full Backup

Click the button 'Download a Full Account Backup'. 

On the next page, you will find a pull-down menu under 'Backup Destination', it contains four options:

Home Directory

Remote FTP server

Remote FTP server (passive mode transfer)

Secure Copy (SCP)

For more information about the Backup Destination menu, you can find out more in our cPanel documentation.

https://docs.cpanel.net/cpanel/files/backup-for-cpanel/#generate-a-full-backup