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Cloud Backup for Magento 2 User Guide

• Table of Content
• Extension Installation Guide
• Configuration
• Backup Storage Settings
• Auto Backup Schedule Settings
• Backup Exclusion Settings
• Admin Email Notification Settings
• Backup Deletion Settings
• Backup in Cloud Storage

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• Extension Installation
• For Magento Marketplace Customers
• Find the Composer name and version of the
  extension in the extensions composer.json file.
• Login to your SSH and run
• composer require meetanshi/magento-2-cloud-backup
• composer require google/apiclient2.0
• Enter your authentication keys. Your public key
  is your username your private key is your
  password.
• Wait for Composer to finish updating your project
  dependencies and make sure there arent
• any errors.
• To verify that the extension installed properly,
  run the command
• php bin/magento modulestatus Meetanshi_AutoBackup
  
• By default, the extension is probably disabled.
• Enable the extension and clear static view files
• php bin/magento moduleenable Meetanshi_AutoBackup
  --clear-static-content
• php bin/magento setupupgrade
• For Magento version 2.0.x to 2.1.x - php
  bin/magento setupstatic-contentdeploy
• For Magento version 2.2.x above - php
  bin/magento setupstatic-contentdeploy f
• php bin/magento cacheflush

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• 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
• Database Select to create backup of the
  database.
• Database Backup Format Select the database
  format to backup.
• Database and Media Select to create backup of
  the database and the media folder.
• System Select to create a complete backup of the
  database and the file system.
• 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 Dont forget to Enable Backup option to
YES from Stores gt Configuration gt Advanced gt
System gt Backup Settings to make the cloud backup
extension work.
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• 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.
• 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.
• Go to Google API Console.
• Create a project by clicking "Select a project"
  (at the top).
• 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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• Enter the app information like your app name,
  user support Email, app/website logo under the
  App Information section.
• Under the App domain section, enter the homepage
  URL of your webstore.
• Enter the public privacy policy link in the
  Application privacy policy link field.
• Enter an authorized domain in the next option.
• 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.

• Now, click the credentials tab from the side
  panel, select the Application type as Web
  application.
• Enter the name of your OAuth client.
• In the Authorized Redirect URLs option, enter the
  same redirect URL as you entered under the
  Redirect URL option in the extension
  configuration.
• Click on CREATE.

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• It displays a dialog box of OAuth client created.
• Copy the Client ID and Client Secret from here
  and paste in the Client ID and Client Secret
  options of extension configuration.
• Click on OK. Save the extension configuration.

o After finishing the step, click
yourstore.com/mtautobackup/action/googlecallback
/key/7fc0839706592506419b b44f7aee0511425fca6a408
ae7370c9549d173f69528/ 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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• 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?_tkguides_lp_adguides2_camp
  get_startedapp20console to get the
• access token.

• 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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• 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.

• 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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• 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

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