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Home Directory Backup Does Not Respect cpbackup-exclude.conf?

feldon27
I've setup cpbackup-exclude.conf to exclude 4 directories which contain approximately 10GB of log files which we can live without in case of data loss. I've got a well-worn MySQL backup script that backs up the structure of our main database, but excludes about 35GB of cache tables which can be regenerated through normal site access to a public API by our customers. So according to the documentation, it seems that there is a bug in Home Directory backup where it excludes cpbackup-exclude.conf? [quote]Note: If you initiate a Home Directory backup within cPanel (Home >> Backups >> Download a Home Directory Backup), the global and local exclude files will not affect the contents of the backup file.
My choices seem to be: [LIST]
  • Use the Account backup and get 35GB of data in every backup that I don't need, resulting in 1TB of extra downloads per month.
  • Use Home Directory backup and get 10GB of log files in every backup that I don't need, resulting in 300GB of extra downloads per month. So... any chance we can get that bug fixed in Home Directory backups, or is there some workaround to respect cpbackup-exclude.conf?

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    • Infopro
      [QUOTE]I've setup cpbackup-exclude.conf to exclude 4 directories
      Can you share the cpbackup-exclude.conf you're using? Sounds like you've got it setup wrong somehow.
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    • cPanelMichael
      Hello :) I believe you are referring to the following note in our documentation: Note: If you initiate a Home Directory backup within cPanel (Home >> Backups >> Download a Home Directory Backup), the global and local exclude files will not affect the contents of the backup file. This is accurate. You wrote the following: [QUOTE]Use the Account backup and get 35GB of data in every backup that I don't need, resulting in 1TB of extra downloads per month.
      Have you considered utilizing the pkgacct script with the --skipacctdb flag to ensure databases are not backed up? Thank you.
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    • feldon27
      [quote="cPanelMichael, post: 1513701">Hello :) I believe you are referring to the following note in our documentation: Note: If you initiate a Home Directory backup within cPanel (Home >> Backups >> Download a Home Directory Backup), the global and local exclude files will not affect the contents of the backup file. This is accurate.
      Yes, sorry for excluding the quote. And I consider that a bug. ;) [quote="cPanelMichael, post: 1513701">Have you considered utilizing the pkgacct script with the --skipacctdb flag to ensure databases are not backed up? Thank you.
      I will take a look at that!
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    • cPanelMichael
      [quote="feldon27, post: 1513721">Yes, sorry for excluding the quote. And I consider that a bug. ;)
      It's not considered a bug, but you are welcome to open a feature request for this via: Submit A Feature Request Thank you.
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