{"id":15549,"date":"2018-09-16T11:01:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T15:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/?p=15549"},"modified":"2023-12-18T19:30:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T00:30:43","slug":"remote-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/total-upkeep\/remote-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"Configuring Remote Storage Locations with Total Upkeep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Total Upkeep plugin<\/a> offers several options for storing WordPress Backups remotely. You have the option of storing them on the web server, your local computer, a remote FTP server, or even Google Drive<\/a> or Amazon S3<\/a> if you are a Premium Connect Key user! The following guide will explain how to configure your Backup Plugin to store your WordPress backups remotely.<\/p>\n

Configure Your backup on FTP \/ SFTP Storage<\/b><\/h2>\n
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In the Dashboard, Navigate to Total Upkeep → Settings<\/b><\/li>\n
Under the Backup Storage Section, Select Configure FTP<\/b><\/li>\n
Provide your connection credentials<\/li>\n
Click Save Changes<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Configure your backup on Amazon S3 Storage<\/b><\/h2>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<a href=\"\/support\/total-upkeep\/backup-wordpress-to-amazon-s3\/\">Read more about backups on Amazon S3<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the Dashboard, Navigate to Total Upkeep → Settings<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Under the Backup Storage Section, Select Configure S3<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Retrieve your Access Key ID<\/b> and Secret Access Key<\/b> from Amazon Web Services<\/li>\n<li>Provide the resource name for the bucket you are using<\/li>\n<li>Set the retention<\/b> preference according to the number of backups you wish to keep<\/li>\n<li>Provide a Nickname for this connection (Optional)<\/li>\n<li>Click Save Changes<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"configure-your-backup-on-google-drive-storage\">Configure your backup on Google Drive Storage<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In the Dashboard, Navigate to Total Upkeep → Settings<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Under the Backup Storage Section, Select Authorize Google Drive<\/b><\/li>\n<li>A window will appear asking you to choose your Google Account and Authorize Total Upkeep to create and manage backups.<\/li>\n<li>Authorize<\/strong> Total Upkeep to access your drive.<\/li>\n<li>Click Save Changes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"\/support\/total-upkeep\/wordpress-backup-to-google-drive\/\">These are the quick steps to setup Google Drive. For more help with configuration and troubleshooting Google Drive issues click here.<\/a><\/p>\nCongratulations! You now know how to configure your Backup Archives to store remotely, which will save you a ton of space on your Web Server, as well as provide an additional layer of security. Once the next backup runs, it will be automatically transferred to the remote storage of your choice. Keep in mind that in order for your Google Drive backup to complete Total Upkeep must first create the backup on your web server so that it can be transferred to Drive.<\/p>\nThis particular backup has to be created on the web server but you can set the retention to 1 to ensure that multiple backups are not being stored.<\/p>\nNext, you may want to learn about <a href=\"\/support\/total-upkeep\/auto-wordpress-updates\/\">configuring automatic updates<\/a> to better protect your online presence.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Total Upkeep plugin offers several options for storing WordPress Backups remotely. You have the option of storing them on the web server, your local computer, a remote FTP server, or even Google Drive or Amazon S3 if you are a Premium Connect Key user! The following guide will explain how to configure your Backup […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":529,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"bgseo_title":"Set up your backup on Amazon S3, Google Drive, or FTP | Total Upkeep","bgseo_description":"Total Upkeep lets you store your backup on Amazon S3, Google Drive, or your own FTP Server. Learn how to configure remote backups in this guide.","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","footnotes":""},"categories":[761,453],"tags":[698],"class_list":["post-15549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-remote-backups","category-total-upkeep","tag-remote-storage","feature-type-free","feature-type-premium","experience-level-getting-started"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/529"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15549"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121481,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15549\/revisions\/121481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}