[deprecated] Backup to Amazon S3

Note: This article is deprecated since version 1.6 of the Linux agent. But are still useful if running old versions and offline configuration. Regarding any information please contact the support on support@backupbird.com

Backup Bird is a Cloud Server Backup service.

Before configurering Amazon S3. You will need to get the following information about you Amazon S3 account

• Bucket name
• Region
• Access key
• Client secret

Edit the config file on the server

Insert the following into the configuration file. And and the your infomation.

[[provider]]
provider = "s3"
region = ""
bucket = ""
accessKey = "" 
clientSecret = "" 

You can backup to a specific folder inside the bucket by defining the StorePath.

[[provider]]
provider = "s3"
region = ""
bucket = ""
accessKey = "" 
clientSecret = "" 
StorePath = "/backups" # Define the folder here

If you like to make a backup to another region you can add a new block, so the configuration file look like this.

[[provider]]
provider = "s3"
region = "#region 1"
bucket = ""
accessKey = "" 
clientSecret = "" 

[[provider]]
provider = "s3"
region = "#region 2"
bucket = ""
accessKey = "" 
clientSecret = "" 

Backup your mysql database to Amazon S3

You can also add a driffrent provider. Click here to see avalible providers