Backup to S3?

[Timelord_]

Hi everyone.

Is there an option within the XF Admin UI to configure backups? Ideally, write to AWS S3 or something along those lines? Or do I need to rely on my CLI skillz (tm) to backup my site?

 

[Chris D]

If you're self-hosting, then backups are very much a self-managed thing.

There are many ways, but XF doesn't have any functionality to facilitate it.

 

[briansol]

what control panel are you using on your host? most popular ones have a way to do it, including your full mysql db

 

[Timelord_]

what control panel are you using on your host? most popular ones have a way to do it, including your full mysql db

Thanks. I just discovered Jet Backup within cPanel. I should be good to go.

Thanks,

 

[Lilian3]

Also, tools like ShareGate, Gs Richcopy 360, and GoodSync can backup directly to AWS S3 easily and quickly
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[AndrewSimm]

I wrote shell scripts to backup the database and files (separately), make a copy to a backup drive, and separately download a copy to a file server at my house. My script also prunes older copies. I recommend keeping copies in different places and periodically validating the backups work.

 

[olgert zerbaska]

I wrote shell scripts to backup the database and files (separately), make a copy to a backup drive, and separately download a copy to a file server at my house. My script also prunes older copies. I recommend keeping copies in different places and periodically validating the backups work.

Hi, can you share that with us?

 

[TPerry]

Hi, can you share that with us?

Most likely not in the pre-sales area. You might want to start a conversation with him to see if he'd be willing to post it as a resource or perhaps give them to you that way.

 

[Wildcat Media]

I use rclone to pass my backup files to various locations, one of which is OneDrive, which is then mirrored on my NAS at home. So I have four copies of the complete set of files, on a rolling rotation every seven days.

I doubt this could ever be part of XF as everyone has different hosting situations and file permissions. Best to do it as a shell script.