How to Use UpDraft Plus Plugin to Generate Backup Inside Amazon S3
Login to your WordPress dashboard and click on Plugins > Add New. Search for UpdraftPlus by typing into the search box. Next, click on Install Now button and follow by the Activate button.
To set up UpdraftPlus, select Settings > UpdraftPlus Backups from your WordPress menu. This will open the UpdraftPlus Backup/Restore page, where you can customize the UpdraftPlus settings to suit your backup needs.
Click on the Settings tab and then select the backup frequency. In this example, I'm going to generate daily backup for both Files and Database as highlighted below:
You can also choose how many previous backups to save. When you are happy with your backup schedule settings, remember to click on Save Changes at the bottom of the page.
It's time to specify where you want the backup file to be stored. In this example, instead of downloading to our own computer, we are going to use Amazon S3 to store our backup file remotely. Select the Settings tab again and scroll down the page to Choose your Remote Storage.
The integration settings for the solution you have chosen will then appear further down the page.
Now you need to sign up for a new Amazon (AWS) account or sign in to your existing AWS account (if any). Click the link as highlighted to be redirected to the AWS sign in page.
Once you've logged in to your AWS account, you shall be prompted with the following message. Click on " Continue to Security Credentials "
Under Your Security Credentials page, click on the Access keys (access key ID and secret access key). Next, click on the button "Create New Access Key".
Click on Show Access Keys. You will be shown both Access Key ID and Secret Access Key. Copy these 2 information down and then click on the Close button.
Next, go back to Settings tab, scroll down and fill up both Access Key and Secret Access Key as shown below.
Now we need to fill up the S3 Location. We need to go back to our AWS console and click on " Services " > " S3 ".
Create your own new S3 bucket by clicking on Create Bucket as highlighted below.
Now insert your newly created S3 bucket name as follow and press the Test S3 Settings button.
If everything is fine, you shall receive the pop up message as follow:
S3 settings test result: Success: Region: XX-XXX-X: We accessed the bucket, and were able to create files within it. The communication with Amazon S3 was encrypted
Press the OK button and scroll down to the bottom to press the Save Changes button.
Now you're all set to generate backup and store your backup file at remote storage i.e. Amazon S3 bucket.
For manual backup, you may click on the " Backup / Restore " tab and click the Backup Now button to perform backup generation.
Click the Backup Now button once again to proceed.
You shall see the backup successful message as follows once the entire process is complete:
To set up UpdraftPlus, select Settings > UpdraftPlus Backups from your WordPress menu. This will open the UpdraftPlus Backup/Restore page, where you can customize the UpdraftPlus settings to suit your backup needs.
Click on the Settings tab and then select the backup frequency. In this example, I'm going to generate daily backup for both Files and Database as highlighted below:
You can also choose how many previous backups to save. When you are happy with your backup schedule settings, remember to click on Save Changes at the bottom of the page.
It's time to specify where you want the backup file to be stored. In this example, instead of downloading to our own computer, we are going to use Amazon S3 to store our backup file remotely. Select the Settings tab again and scroll down the page to Choose your Remote Storage.
The integration settings for the solution you have chosen will then appear further down the page.
Now you need to sign up for a new Amazon (AWS) account or sign in to your existing AWS account (if any). Click the link as highlighted to be redirected to the AWS sign in page.
Once you've logged in to your AWS account, you shall be prompted with the following message. Click on " Continue to Security Credentials "
Under Your Security Credentials page, click on the Access keys (access key ID and secret access key). Next, click on the button "Create New Access Key".
Click on Show Access Keys. You will be shown both Access Key ID and Secret Access Key. Copy these 2 information down and then click on the Close button.
Next, go back to Settings tab, scroll down and fill up both Access Key and Secret Access Key as shown below.
Now we need to fill up the S3 Location. We need to go back to our AWS console and click on " Services " > " S3 ".
Create your own new S3 bucket by clicking on Create Bucket as highlighted below.
Now insert your newly created S3 bucket name as follow and press the Test S3 Settings button.
If everything is fine, you shall receive the pop up message as follow:
S3 settings test result: Success: Region: XX-XXX-X: We accessed the bucket, and were able to create files within it. The communication with Amazon S3 was encrypted
Press the OK button and scroll down to the bottom to press the Save Changes button.
Now you're all set to generate backup and store your backup file at remote storage i.e. Amazon S3 bucket.
For manual backup, you may click on the " Backup / Restore " tab and click the Backup Now button to perform backup generation.
Click the Backup Now button once again to proceed.
You shall see the backup successful message as follows once the entire process is complete:
Updated on: 11/02/2019
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