Backup your important Magento 2 data on the cloud storage using Meetanshi’s Magento 2 Cloud Backup. Data is the new currency, and fuels the eCommerce businesses. No online business owner can afford losing their important data. Therefore, it becomes essential for them to back up their store’s data regularly to avoid data loss in case of any technical incidence. To avoid such incidences for Magento 2 stores, Meetanshi has developed Magento 2 Cloud Backup Extension to automatically backup store’s data to Google drive and Dropbox. It is a must-have extension for the store owners handling copious amount of data in their online store. The extension can take backup of the complete Magento 2 store backup, and also offers options to take individual backups of database and media. Moreover, it also supports scheduling automatic backups of the store’s data. The admin can set the frequency and time for the scheduled data backups. Features of Meetanshi’s Magento 2 Cloud Backup ● Keep backup of your store’s important data to tackle any kind of data loss instances. ● Provides different options to take backup of Magento 2 database, media, and system backup. ● Store owners can choose to take backup either in Do not Pack DB File, or Pack file by GZ compressor. ● Supports automatic and manual backups of the store data from the admin backend. ● The extension supports backing up data to Google drive and Dropbox. ● Easy integration with the cloud storage accounts through the authorization credentials received from Google drive and Dropbox. ● Option to schedule automated Magento cloud backups daily, weekly, or monthly. ● The admin can set the time to perform the scheduled Magento cloud backup. ● Option to receive email notifications in case of successful cloud backup. ● Automatic delete old backups after specific number of days. ● Secure your online store’s data from any kind of data loss incidents. Read more at: https://meetanshi.com/magento-2-cloud-backup.html

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Cloud Backup for Magento 2
User Guide
Table of Content
1. Extension Installation Guide
2. Configuration
3. Backup Storage Settings
4. Auto Backup Schedule Settings
5. Backup Exclusion Settings
6. Admin Email Notification Settings
7. Backup Deletion Settings
8. Backup in Cloud Storage

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1. Extension Installation
• For Magento Marketplace Customers
o Find the Composer name and version of the extension in the extension’s composer.json file.
o Login to your SSH and run:
▪ composer require meetanshi/magento-2-cloud-backup
▪ composer require google/apiclient:^2.0
o Enter your authentication keys. Your public key is your username; your private key is your
password.
o Wait for Composer to finish updating your project dependencies and make sure there aren’t
any errors.
o To verify that the extension installed properly, run the command:
▪ php bin/magento module:status Meetanshi_AutoBackup
o By default, the extension is probably disabled.
o Enable the extension and clear static view files:
▪ php bin/magento module:enable Meetanshi_AutoBackup --clear-static-content
▪ php bin/magento setup:upgrade
▪ For Magento version 2.0.x to 2.1.x - php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
▪ For Magento version 2.2.x & above - php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy –f
▪ php bin/magento cache:flush
• For Meetanshi Customers
o Extract the zip folder and upload our extension to the root of your Magento 2 directory via
FTP.
o Login to your SSH and run below commands step by step:
▪ composer require google/apiclient:^2.0
▪ php bin/magento setup:upgrade
▪ For Magento version 2.0.x to 2.1.x - php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
▪ For Magento version 2.2.x & above - php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy –f
▪ php bin/magento cache:flush
Note: Don’t forget to install Google Drive library even if you are not using Google Drive as backup
storage option.

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2. Configuration
To configure the extension, login to Magento 2 backend, move to Stores → Configuration →
Meetanshi → Cloud Backup, where you can find various settings to configure the extension.
• Cloud Backup: Enable or disable Cloud Backup for Magento 2 extension from here.
• Backup Type: Select one of the backup types:
o Database: Select to create backup of the database.
▪ Database Backup Format: Select the database format to backup.
o Database and Media: Select to create backup of the database and the media folder.
o System: Select to create a complete backup of the database and the file system.
o System (excluding Media): Select to create backup of the file system excluding media
folder.
• Backup Manually: Click “Run Now” button to take the backup manually.
Note: Don’t forget to “Enable Backup” option to YES from Stores > Configuration > Advanced >
System > Backup Settings to make the cloud backup extension work.

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3. Backup Storage Settings
The extension facilitates to upload and save the store backup either in Google Drive or in
Dropbox. Select one of the file storage options to upload backup and configure related settings.
• Select File Storage Option to Upload Backup: Select one of the backup file storage options.
o Google Drive: Select to upload and save the backup files in Google Drive.
▪ Client ID: Enter the client ID you received after the registration with Google Drive.
▪ Client Secret: Enter the client secret you received after the registration with Google
Drive.
▪ Redirect URL: Enter the redirect URL as {{store_url}}/mtautobackup/index/getcode
▪ Client Token: Enter the client token you received after the registration with Google
Drive.
Follow the steps below to get the client ID, client secret and client token for the Google Drive.
o Go to Google API Console.
o Create a project by clicking "Select a project" (at the top).
o Click on the NEW PROJECT button.
o On the next screen, enter your project name and click on create button.

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o After the project is created, click on APIs and Services from the left panel and select
Dashboard from its sub-options.
o From the Dashboard, click on ENABLE APIS AND SERVICES.

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o Now search for Google Drive API in the search box and click when displayed.
o Click on the ENABLE button to enable the Google Drive API.

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o Now configure the APIs and Services of Google Drive API by clicking CREATE
CREDENTIALS option and selecting the OAuth client ID option.
o Now, Select External user type from the OAuth consent screen and click on CREATE.

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o Enter the app information like your app name, user support Email, app/website logo under
the App Information section.
o Under the App domain section, enter the homepage URL of your webstore.
o Enter the public privacy policy link in the Application privacy policy link field.
o Enter an authorized domain in the next option.
o Enter an authentic Email address under Developer Contact Information section for Google to
notify you about any changes on your project. Click “Save and Continue”.

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o In the second step of the OAuth consent screen, click on SAVE AND CONTINUE button to
redirect to the next step.
o In the next Test Users step, add test user if you want to set limited access for only test users
or else directly click on SAVE AND CONTINUE.

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o The next screen is Summary page, check whether all entered information is correct or not.
o From the Publishing status section, click on PUBLISH APP.

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o It displays a dialog box that asks for your confirmation for publishing, Click on CONFIRM.
o Now, click the credentials tab from the side panel, select the Application type as Web
application.
o Enter the name of your OAuth client.
o In the Authorized Redirect URLs option, enter the same redirect URL as you entered under
the Redirect URL option in the extension configuration.
o Click on CREATE.

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o It displays a dialog box of OAuth client created.
o Copy the Client ID and Client Secret from here and paste in the Client ID and Client Secret
options of extension configuration.
o Click on OK. Save the extension configuration.
o After finishing the step,
click {yourstore.com}/mtautobackup/action/googlecallback/key/7fc0839706592506419b
b44f7aee0511425fca6a408ae7370c9549d173f69528/ to get the Client token. Grant
permission and click “Continue”.

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o Once the permission is allowed, it automatically redirects to the redirect URL and generates
client token. Copy that client token and paste it in the extension configuration.
The Google Drive storage settings will look like this after configuration.

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o Dropbox: Select to upload and save the backup files in Dropbox.
▪ Access Token: Enter the access token received after registration with Dropbox. Follow
the steps https://www.dropbox.com/developers/reference/getting-
started?_tk=guides_lp&_ad=guides2&_camp=get_started#app%20console to get the
access token.
4. Auto Backup Schedule Settings
Using the extension, you can schedule to take regular backup of your store on the specific time.
• Frequency: Select the frequency of the regular backup from daily, weekly or monthly.
• Start Time: Set the start time of the backup based on the set frequency.
• Enable Maintenance Mode While Backup: Select YES to enable maintenance mode while
backup is ongoing.
5. Backup Exclusion Settings
You can exclude specific directories and database tables from scheduled or manual backup. Enter
the directory path and database table name to exclude from the backup.

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6. Admin Email Notification Settings
The extension facilitates to send an Email notification to the admin whenever a backup is
completed and file is uploaded to the file storage option. Configure the settings from here.
• Send Email Notifications to Admin: Select YES to send Email notification to the admin when
the backup is completed.
• Email ID: Enter the Email ID of an admin to get Email notification when the backup is
completed.
• Email Sender: Select the Email sender from the dropdown.
• Email Template: Select the Email template.
7. Backup Deletion Settings
The extension facilitates to delete old backup files from the file storage option. You can schedule
to delete old backup files regularly after set days.
• Delete Old Backups: Select YES to delete old backup files uploaded in the cloud storage.
• Days: Enter the number of days after which you want to delete the backup files from the
cloud storage.

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8. Backup in Cloud Storage
Once the backup is completed and uploaded in the cloud storage, you can see the backup files
under a separate folder named “Magento Backups”.
• Backup Files in Google Drive
• Backup Files in Dropbox

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• Backup Completion Email to Admin