Best way to export entire site as a package

I have a site that I would like to use as a starting point for other sites. What is the best way to export the ENTIRE site as a package? I know Vapor is what ModxCloud people use, but can I use vapor on non ModxCloud sites? If so, how? If not, is there a good alternative for us non modxcloud users?

Thanks

there is
https://github.com/hvoort/MODxRevoBackup

Yes, you can use Vapor on any site.

You can also change the name of the resulting package by editing the vapor.php file on lines 25, 26 and 27 to set the constant variables to what you want. By default, these are commented out and it will use your hostname, the date, and the version of MODX being packaged.

will produce something like bootstrapagency-2015-02-04-2.3.3-pl.transport.zip

There is also Teleport, if you want to use Vapor's big brother, but it's command-line only.

Be aware, however, that Vapor is not a full backup. It only packages the variable files, such as the assets directory, core/components and core/packages.

I tried to use vapor and got this repsonse:

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what does that mean?

I have the same problem as Jason Monette. My develop environment is Windows7 with XAMPP. I tried the following:

1. http://rtfm.modx.com/revolution/2.x/administering-your-site/moving-your-site-to-a-new-server . Skipped this, too many options to break something and too tedious to make all this actions.
2. Vapor. Tried to make package, and succeeded. But, Vapor is not a full backup.
3. Teleport. Tried to make package, and failed. After installation and making profile I tried to Extract with complete.tpl.json and get an error.

Ok, let`s try somthing else:

MODX cloud. Made snapshot from dev cloud, and tried to install it via package manager on localhost... and ....



Failed again!

In my ideal world:
In MODX manager there is one shining button [Teleport site] that make all my troubles away )))
[ed. note: eugen.t last edited this post 11 years, 3 months ago.]

In the Cloud you can now download the full backups.

I just use the Backup Tool in cpanel

Quote from: sottwell at Jun 22, 2015, 02:51 AM

In the Cloud you can now download the full backups.

Quote from: redtoad at Jun 22, 2015, 09:45 AM

I just use the Backup Tool in cpanel

And how those backups could help me migrate site from localhost to hosting or from MODX Cloud to other hosting?

Quote from: jasonmonette at Apr 25, 2015, 07:56 AM

I tried to use vapor and got this repsonse:

‹mPÁJÄ0½ç+Æû¶Y^–± »‚…EÏIšm¢I'LÓÕý{“ö ˆ0Ìãͼy¯šŽGxc•’ehàf»…Ëç2Ü3SšN Ë1tè¬ê;Ì>Ûýå¡\q”K ¦þz0ˆo?Ï¶Þ¹þg±€BÜAô“¡ñ䇙Uö4B©ì,L+Ù¨y²=(pÞ˜9µbï¬ùøÍ4L8ù¯LL:ظ©C9ÄPƒòc[žà¢÷úü¸—sÚIù®£š3ÅE¶5åY%âµ·É%ÔekXû§ÃOX%²­¶kDâ3-ž R



what does that mean?

That looks like binary data to me... Given Vapor creates a .zip, that sounds sorta expected, though normally you would only get a new file in core/packages/.