Moodle Course Backup

Local plugins ::: local_backupftp
Maintained by Eduardo Kraus
This is a Moodle plugin that facilitates the backup and restoration process of courses. The plugin performs backups of Moodle courses and automatically transfers them to a configured FTP server, as well as organizes the backups by Moodle categories, making backup management more efficient. The plugin also offers a tool to restore courses directly from the FTP server.
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This is a Moodle plugin that facilitates the backup and restoration process of courses. The plugin performs backups of Moodle courses and automatically transfers them to a configured FTP server, as well as organizes the backups by Moodle categories, making backup management more efficient. The plugin also offers a tool to restore courses directly from the FTP server.

Features

  • Course backup: Performs backup of courses in Moodle and automatically sends them to the FTP.
  • Category organization: Organizes backups on the FTP server by course categories, simplifying management.
  • Course restoration: Allows restoration of courses directly from backups stored on the FTP server.
  • Flexible configuration: The FTP server configuration can be easily set up in Moodle’s administration panel.

How to Use

Performing a Backup

  • After configuring the FTP, the plugin will automatically back up the courses and transfer them to the configured FTP server.
  • The backups will be organized by category and accessible on the FTP server for easier management.

Restoring Courses

  • To restore a course from the backup on the FTP, simply access the plugin's restoration tool and select the desired backup directly from the FTP server.

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Eduardo Kraus (Lead maintainer)
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  • Plugins bot
    Plugins bot
    dl., 13 de gen. 2025, 23:00
    Approval issue created: CONTRIB-9797
  • Juan Carlos Manso
    Juan Carlos Manso
    dc., 24 de set. 2025, 14:25
    Hello Eduardo,

    First of all, thank you for developing the very useful Backup to FTP plugin.

    I am trying to use it to back up a large number of courses for a site migration. I have installed and configured the plugin, and everything seems to be set up correctly.

    However, after I select the courses from the report page and start the backup process, nothing seems to happen—no .mbz files ever appear on the FTP server. My main issue is that, unlike the screenshots on the Moodle.org plugin page, I cannot find any interface to see the backup queue or monitor the progress of the tasks.

    I have already performed the following troubleshooting steps:

    Confirmed my Moodle cron is running correctly every minute, and the scheduled task for your plugin (\local_backupftp\task\backup_task) is executing. The task history shows successful runs, but with no output message.

    Enabled Moodle's Developer-level debugging, but no errors are shown on screen when I run the task.

    Checked the main Moodle logs, and there are no relevant errors recorded.

    Manually tested the exact same FTP credentials using an FTP client (FileZilla). I can connect, and I have full write permissions to upload files to the destination folder.

    Could you please let me know where I should be able to see the backup queue/progress page? Is it possible that this feature is located somewhere else or is not available on my version of Moodle?

    Thank you for your time and any help you can provide.
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