{"id":12557,"date":"2019-03-28T00:32:58","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T00:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=12557"},"modified":"2019-03-28T00:32:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T00:32:58","slug":"how-to-backup-your-files-to-amazon-s3-using-cloudberry-backup-on-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/28\/how-to-backup-your-files-to-amazon-s3-using-cloudberry-backup-on-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Backup Your Files to Amazon S3 Using CloudBerry Backup on Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amazon Simple Storage Service<\/strong>\u00a0(S3<\/strong>) allows modern businesses to store their data, collect it from a wide variety of sources, and easily analyze it from anywhere. With its robust security, compliance capabilities, management and native analytics tools,\u00a0Amazon S3<\/strong>\u00a0stands out in the cloud storage industry.<\/p>\n

On top of this, data is stored redundantly in multiple, physically-separate data centers with independent power substations. In other words,\u00a0S3<\/strong>\u00a0gets you covered no matter what.<\/p>\n

What can be more perfect than that?\u00a0CloudBerry<\/strong>, the\u00a0#1<\/strong>\u00a0cross-platform cloud backup software, can be seamlessly integrated with\u00a0Amazon S3<\/strong>. This gives you the experience, support, and functionality of 2 heavy weights in one place. Let\u2019s take a few minutes to discover how you can harness the power of these solutions to backup your files in the cloud.<\/p>\n

Installing and Activating CloudBerry License<\/h3>\n

In this article we will install and configure\u00a0CloudBerry<\/strong>\u00a0on a\u00a0CentOS 7<\/strong>\u00a0desktop system. The instructions provided in\u00a0CloudBerry Backup for Linux: Review and Installation<\/a>\u00a0should apply with minimal (if any) modifications on other desktop distributions such as\u00a0Ubuntu<\/strong>,\u00a0Fedora<\/strong>, or\u00a0Debian<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The installation process can be summarized as follows:<\/p>\n

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    1. Download the free trial from the\u00a0CloudBerry Linux Backup Solution<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/li>\n
    2. Double click on the file, and choose\u00a0Install<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    3. Remove the installation file.<\/li>\n
    4. To activate the trial license, open a terminal and run the following commands (note the pair of single quotes around CloudBerry Backup in the first one):<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      # cd \/opt\/local\/'CloudBerry Backup'\/bin\r\n# .\/cbb activateLicense -e \"YourEmailHere@YourDomain.com<\/strong>\" -t \"ultimate\"\r\n<\/pre>\n
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      1. Go to the\u00a0Internet<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0Office<\/strong>\u00a0section under your\u00a0Applications<\/strong>\u00a0menu.<\/li>\n
      2. Choose\u00a0CloudBerry Backup<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Continue<\/strong>\u00a0trial, then click\u00a0Finish<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        That\u2019s all \u2013 now let\u2019s configure\u00a0CloudBerry<\/strong>\u00a0to use\u00a0Amazon S3<\/strong>\u00a0as our cloud storage solution.<\/p>\n
        Configuring CloudBerry + Amazon S3<\/h3>\n
        Integrating\u00a0CloudBerry<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Amazon S3<\/strong>\u00a0is a walk in the park:<\/p>\n
        To begin, click the\u00a0Settings<\/strong>\u00a0menu and choose\u00a0Amazon S3 & Glacier<\/strong>\u00a0from the list. You will also need to choose a descriptive\u00a0Display Name<\/strong>, and enter your\u00a0Access and Secret<\/strong>\u00a0keys.<\/p>\n
        These should be available from your\u00a0Amazon S3<\/strong>\u00a0account, as is the\u00a0Bucket<\/strong>\u00a0where you will be storing your data. When you\u2019re done, look under\u00a0Backup Storage<\/strong>\u00a0to find the newly created backup solution:<\/p>\n
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        \"Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n
        Amazon S3 Backup Storage<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
        Hint<\/strong>: You can now go to the\u00a0Backup<\/strong>\u00a0tab to indicate how many versions of files you want to keep, and whether you want to follow soft links or not, among other settings.<\/p>\n
        Next, to create a backup plan, choose the\u00a0Backup<\/strong>\u00a0menu and the cloud storage we created earlier:<\/p>\n
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        \"Select<\/a><\/p>\n
        Select Amazon S3 Backup<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
        Now specify a plan name:<\/p>\n
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        \"Add<\/a><\/p>\n
        Add Amazon S3 Backup Plan Name<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
        and indicate the location you want to backup:<\/p>\n
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        \"Select<\/a><\/p>\n
        Select Backup Location<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
        Do you want to exclude certain types of files? That\u2019s not a problem:<\/p>\n
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        \"Exclude<\/a><\/p>\n
        Exclude Files for Backup<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
        Encryption and compression to increase data transfer speeds and security? You bet:<\/p>\n
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        \"Enable<\/a><\/p>\n
        Enable Compression and Encryption on Backup<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
        You can either use the backup retention policy defined for the whole product, or create one specifically for the current plan. We will go with the first here. Finally, let\u2019s specify the backup frequency or method that best suits our needs:<\/p>\n
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        \"Specify<\/a><\/p>\n
        Specify Backup Frequency<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
        At the end of the plan creation,\u00a0CloudBerry<\/strong>\u00a0lets you run it. You can either do that or wait until the next scheduled backup to happen. If any errors happen, you will get a notification at the registered email address prompting you to correct what\u2019s wrong.<\/p>\n
        In the following image we can see that\u00a0S3 Transfer Acceleration<\/strong>\u00a0is not enabled in the\u00a0tecmint<\/code>\u00a0bucket. We can either enable it following the instructions provided in\u00a0Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration<\/a>\u00a0page or remove this feature from our plan\u2019s current configuration.<\/p>\n
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        \"Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n
        Amazon S3 Transfer Acceleration Option<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
        After we have corrected the above issue, let\u2019s run the backup again. This time it succeeds:<\/p>\n
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        \"CloudBerry<\/a><\/p>\n
        CloudBerry Backup Report<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
        Note that you can store multiple versions of the same file(s) as indicated earlier. To distinguish one from another, a timestamp is added at the end of the path (20180317152702<\/strong>) as you can see in the above image.<\/p>\n
        Restoring Files from Amazon S3<\/h3>\n
        Of course, backing up our files would be useless if we can\u2019t restore them when we need them. To set up a restoration process, click the\u00a0Restore<\/strong>\u00a0menu and choose the plan you will be using. Since the steps involved are pretty straightforward, we will not go into detail here. However, let\u2019s summarize the steps as a quick reference:<\/p>\n