Backup Client S3 has been designed to make it easy to move your website backups to a offsite storage (it doesn't do any good to backup your website locally if your webserver dies).

Quick start guide to offsite storage:

  1. Go get an Amazon S3 account

    All you need is some patience with Amazon's confusing menus and a credit card. There is no money up front so you can try it out for a while and see how it goes. Our first month's bill was US$0.34 (and we uploaded a lot of test backups). Your goal is to get two keys from Amazon: an `Access Key` and a 'Secret access key`. Trust me, it is worth the effort. Start by visiting the Amazon S3 landing page.

  2. Configure Backup Client S3

    You'll need the two keys above. Type them in and press `Save Configuration` on this page.

  3. Press the button

    Goto the "Amazon S3" tab (admin/build/backupclient/s3) and press the "Upload latest backup now" button.

We hope this module is useful to you and look forward to your suggestions (and preferable patches) in the future.

Be safe - backup early, backup often!