Sometimes you need to be able to import and export Admin Tools it. Some indicative use cases are:
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Backing up your Admin Tools settings before trying massive changes which could break your configuration
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Transferring your settings to another site on the same or an identical server
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Copying the IP white- and black-lists or email templates
Since Admin Tools 3.1.0 you can do that through the Export Settings and Import Settings pages of the component.
![[Warning]](/media/com_docimport/admonition/warning.png) | Warning |
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Exporting and importing very large datasets (more than a
thousand rows) IS NOT RECOMMENDED and CAN LEAD TO TIMEOUT ERRORS. This
is a limitation of PHP, namely the memory_limit (maximum memory usage
limit) and max_execution_time (maximum time to execute the page)
imposed by your server's |
Exporting Settings
In this page you can choose which settings you want to export. The available options are:
- WAF configuration
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This includes all settings in the Configure WAF, .htaccess Maker and NginX Configuration Maker pages
- IP Disallow List
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The permanently disallowed IP addresses from the IP Disallow List page
- Exclusive Allow IP List
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The allowed administrator IP addresses from the Exclusive Allow IP List page
- Email templates
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All email templates from the Email Templates page
After selecting what you want to export click on the button in the toolbar. Your browser will download a JSON file with all of the selected configuration settings.
Importing Settings
Choose the exported JSON file and click on the button in the toolbar. The imported settings will overwrite your existing settings.