Backing Up and Restoring Settings

Zend Server allows you to either create a backup of your PHP and system configuration settings, or reset them to default factory settings.

To better understand the procedures described in this topic, watch this video:

This option allows you to revert all PHP and Zend Server system configurations to the default settings selected during the Zend Server launching process. For information on these settings, see Launch Profiles.

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To reset configurations:

  1. In the UI, go to Administration | Import/Export.
  2. In the Reset area, click Reset Configurations.
    All system configurations are reverted to their default settings.

For more information on this feature, see Import/Export.

This option allows you to export a .zip file containing your current PHP and system configurations for future use. In addition, the exported .zip file also contains your customized monitoring and caching rules.

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To export configurations:

  1. In the UI, go to Administration | Import/Export.
  2. In the Export area, click Export Configurations.
  3. Select the file location for exporting the current system configurations, and click Save.
    Your configurations are exported and saved as a .zip file at the selected location.

For information on importing these configurations, see Importing Configurations below.

This option allows you to upload pre-defined PHP and system configurations to your server.

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To import configurations:

  1. In the UI, go to Administration | Import/Export.
  2. In the Import area, click Browse, and select the file containing the system configurations.
  3. Click Upload.
  4. In the toolbar, the restart icon lights up , indicating a restart is needed to apply changes. Click to restart server and apply changes.
    For information on restarting in Zend Server, see Server Restart.
    The system configurations are uploaded.

For more information on this feature, see Import/Export.

This option allows you to configure the list of settings to be left untouched by the Import/Export procedures specified above.

Instructions on how to complete a procedure

To configure the Directives Blacklist:

In the configurationExport WebAPI method, insert a directives blacklist parameter, as follows (example):

$params = array('directivesBlacklist'=>array('zend_monitor.requests_statistics.request_lifetime', 'zend_monitor.log_verbosity'));