Configuring the Backup Storage

Navigate to the Admin panel → Setup → General Settings → Backup to choose your backup storage method.

Select from these storage options:

• Local Only: Backups saved exclusively on the website server
• Cloud Only: Backups saved exclusively to cloud storage
• Local and Cloud: Backups saved to both server and cloud

Cloud Storage Options

FTP

Add these configuration settings to your /.env file and set FILESYSTEM_CLOUD=ftp:

FILESYSTEM_CLOUD=ftp
FTP_HOST=your-ftp-host
FTP_USERNAME=your-ftp-username
FTP_PASSWORD=your-ftp-password
FTP_PORT=21
FTP_ROOT=/path/to/storage/root/
FTP_PASSIVE=true
FTP_SSL=true
FTP_TIMEOUT=30

SFTP

Add these configuration settings to your /.env file and set FILESYSTEM_CLOUD=sftp:

FILESYSTEM_CLOUD=sftp
SFTP_HOST=your-sftp-host
SFTP_USERNAME=your-sftp-username
SFTP_PASSWORD=your-sftp-password
SFTP_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY=
SFTP_PORT=22
SFTP_ROOT=/path/to/storage/root/
SFTP_TIMEOUT=30

Amazon S3

Configure these parameters in /.env with FILESYSTEM_CLOUD=s3:

FILESYSTEM_CLOUD=s3
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your-s3-access-key
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your-s3-secret-key
AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=your-s3-region-code
AWS_BUCKET=your-s3-bucket
AWS_URL=

Dropbox

Configure these parameters in /.env with FILESYSTEM_CLOUD=dropbox:

FILESYSTEM_CLOUD=dropbox
DROPBOX_ROOT=path/to/storage/root
DROPBOX_AUTHORIZATION_TOKEN=your-dropbox-authorization-token

Backblaze

Configure these parameters in /.env with FILESYSTEM_CLOUD=backblaze:

FILESYSTEM_CLOUD=backblaze
BACKBLAZE_ACCOUNT_ID=your-backblaze-account-id
BACKBLAZE_APPLICATION_KEY=your-backblaze-app-key
BACKBLAZE_BUCKET=your-backblaze-bucket

DigitalOcean

Configure these parameters in /.env with FILESYSTEM_CLOUD=digitalocean:

FILESYSTEM_CLOUD=digitalocean
DIGITALOCEAN_KEY=your-s3-access-key
DIGITALOCEAN_SECRET=your-s3-secret-key
DIGITALOCEAN_REGION=your-s3-region-code
DIGITALOCEAN_BUCKET=your-s3-bucket