DirectAdmin control panel provides two utlities for backing up and restoring RoundCube settings. The paths of the script are:
/usr/local/directadmin/scripts/backup_roundcube.php
/usr/local/directadmin/scripts/restore_roundcube.php
Info from the backup script:
[root@web ~]# /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/backup_roundcube.php
Roundcube 0.1 backup script to backup Users.
Usage:
username=username domain=domain.com xml_file=/path/to/rc.xml /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/backup_roundcube.php
The script will output XML of all current email accounts stored in roundcube,
for the given domain.
[root@web ~]#
Info from the restoration script:
[root@web /]# /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/restore_roundcube.php
Roundcube 0.1 restore script to restore Users.
Usage:
username=username domain=domain.com xml_file=/path/to/rc.xml /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/restore_roundcube.php
The script will read in the XML specified by xml_file.
It will insert the data into the database.
[root@web /]#
Command example to use for backup:
username=plothost domain=testplothost.com xml_file=file.xml /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/backup_roundcube.php
Command example to use for restoration:
username=plothost domain=testplothost.com xml_file=file.xml /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/restore_roundcube.php
The generated XML file looks like this:
<ROUNDCUBE>
<EMAIL>
<USERNAME>user1%40testplothost.com</USERNAME>
<LANGUAGE>en_US</LANGUAGE>
<PREFERENCES>a%3A7%3A%7Bs%3A4%3A%22skin%22%3Bs%3A5%3A%22larry%22%3Bs%3A14%3A%22message_extwin%22%3Bi%3A0%3Bs%3A18%3A%22message_show_email%22%3Bb%3A1%3Bs%3A14%3A%22mail_read_time%22%3Bi%3A5%3Bs%3A16%3A%22message_sort_col%22%3Bs%3A4%3A%22date%22%3Bs%3A11%3A%22client_hash%22%3Bs%3A16%3A%22CyIB4Qq6Iwc2hTFj%22%3Bs%3A9%3A%22junk_mbox%22%3Bs%3A4%3A%22Junk%22%3B%7D</PREFERENCES>
<CREATED>2022-03-11+08%3A28%3A54</CREATED>
<LAST_LOGIN>2022-03-11+08%3A28%3A54</LAST_LOGIN>
<INDENTITIES>
<INDENTITY>
<EMAIL>user1%40testplothost.com</EMAIL>
<STANDARD>1</STANDARD>
<NAME>User1</NAME>
<CHANGED>2022-03-11+08%3A28%3A54</CHANGED>
<ORGANIZATION>PlotHost</ORGANIZATION>
<REPLY-TO></REPLY-TO>
<BCC></BCC>
<SIGNATURE>Best Regards</SIGNATURE>
<HTML_SIGNATURE>0</HTML_SIGNATURE>
</INDENTITY>
</INDENTITIES>
<CONTACTS>
</CONTACTS>
</EMAIL>
</ROUNDCUBE>
As we can see in the generated XML file, the scripts will save/restore RoundCube settings like Name, Organization, Signature, Reply-to, BCC, the Contacts list. It will also save interface settings, like language, sort column etc. The settings will be processed for all email accounts for a specific domain/username.