Akeeba Backup for J!

This is the consolidated and definitive documentation for the Akeeba Backup Core and Akeeba Backup Professional components for Joomla!™. This User's Guide is meant to be read before using the component. Doing so will save you from a lot of trouble and will also let you know of all the backup and restoration options you have. It is updated regularly.You can also download the documentation in PDF format for off-line reading from our Download area. It is available free of charge to everybody.

JoomlaPack User's Guide

This is the latest build of our component's documentation, straight from our SVN repositories. It is the same pages you are directed to when clicking the "Help" button in the component. This documentation is subject to constant change, reflecting the latest development attempts. If you need documentation relevant to a formal release, you can download it in PDF format.

Akeeba eXtract Wizard User's Manual

This is the latest documentation for Akeeba eXtract Wizard, our native Windows™ application for easily extracting ZIP and JPA format backup files.

Akeeba Remote Control - The definitive guide

The latest documentation for our Akeeba Remote Control utility. This is a native Windows™ application for backing up your site - and downloading the backup file to your local computer - right from your desktop.

Video Tutorials

Many users asked for an easy way to find out how to use Akeeba Backup and its predecessor, JoomlaPack. To this end we decided to create tutorial videos, as well as hand-pick relevant YouTube videos from 3rd party authors and compile them under this section of our site.

Each article in this category contains one video file and some information about its contents. Enjoy!

Walkthroughs

This section contains user submitted stories of successful Akeeba Backup and JoomlaPack use and walkthroughs, that is detailed instructions on how to get specific tasks done with JoomlaPack software.

If you have a story to share, don't hesitate to drop us a line on our support forum!

Warnings about potential issues

When JoomlaPack detects established or potential problems with respect to your server setup or its own configuration, it will raise warnings. These warnings are displayed both in the Control Panel (on the "Status Details" pane) and on the first backup page, where you enter the backup details.

Clicking on each of these warnings will bring you to the relevant page of this section of JoomlaPack.net. Reading the article will let you understand what JoomlaPack detected as an error, how it will affect your backup experience and – most importantly! – the possible workarounds.

Akeeba Kickstart

This is the official documentation of the Akeeba Kickstart on-line archive extraction utility.