You can add additional flags/options to your PostgreSQL database node. This will help users customize their database backup depending on their system compatibility and other requirements. Only limited options are supported and you can find the list here PostgreSQL pg_dump options
Our Google Drive integration now supports creating folders for each node so your backups are organized and easy to find. This is enabled by default so any new backups will be within their node folder. No action is required on your end.
If your WordPress website is locked with a user and password using .htaccess or any other directory protection tool then you can add those details in your WordPress integration settings to so that BackupSheep can authenticate when making API calls to create your WordPress backups.
BackupSheep WordPress backup plugin is available on the WordPress plugin store. Our plugin has been reviewed and approved by the WordPress team, and now users can directly install and auto-update the plugin.
Important: If you already installed our plugin then you must uninstall that plugin and install the new BackupSheep plugin directly from WordPress. The new plugin will pick up the existing WordPress Key and your integrations will work fine.
The BackupSheep Wordpress plugin still needs UpdraftPlus free/paid version to work.
The new exclude module allows Regex and Glob patterns to give our users a lot more flexibility when they want to exclude files/directories from their backup. You can add multiple exclude rules and they apply to add the paths you select for backup in your node.
If you already had some exclude rules then we will move them automatically to this new module and If you have any questions, then feel free to email us at support@backupsheep.com
Please update your BackupSheep WordPress plugin immediately.
Changes:
Fixed the download of database backup files. In some hosting configurations, the server may send .gz files as text, which can cause partial or corrupt database backup files depending on server memory configuration.
To offer a more consistent user experience and to support upcoming enhancements, all backups will run from our Europe (Germany) region from August 1st, 2022.
If your backups are configured in our Asia (Singapore), Oceania (Sydney) or North America (Canada) region then please switch to one of our endpoints in Europe (Germany) before August 1st, 2022.
You can easily change the endpoint on the integration settings page. You don't need to delete any nodes or integration. Change Endpoint
We offered multi-region support since 2018. However, the configuration of server hardware & bandwidth is different in every region. This makes our development process slow and user experience inconsistent across different regions.
We have recently deployed our storage cluster in Germany with our hosting partner Hetzner and we are working on adding more resources to support the development of new enhancements.
If you have any questions then please use our live chat or contact us at support@backupsheep.com
Our new storage cluster is live and being used for new backups. This object storage is S3 compatible and based on Ceph(https://ceph.io/en/). We are working on moving existing backups in the next 1-2 days.
This storage system will allow help us with the following features in the next few days.
Allow access to storage buckets using any tool which supports S3.
Push backups to BackupSheep storage buckets.
Create new buckets from the dashboard and assign storage buckets to nodes.
This storage cluster is hosted in Falkenstein, Germany with hosting partner Hetzner. It's configured in a way(Erasure Code Pools with 4-2 profile) that cluster can continue operating with the loss of multiple drives or servers.
We want to thank you for all the amazing feedback from our users who are using our WordPress plugin. We have made several enhancements and added a few new features as well.
Now you can validate your storage integrations using Validate button on the storage integrations page and also when you select storage locations for your backups.
We have updated the WordPress plugin to v1.2 and now you can setup WordPress Key in your BackupSheep plugin page on your WordPress website.
It's highly recommended that you update your plugin and setup WordPress Key. Steps can be found here https://support.backupsheep.com/en/articles/6297220-how-to-backup-wordpress#h_e3296ae967
Modify your existing integration to see your WordPress Key
The account menu has been updated to show your plan details and the ability to switch to a different account if other accounts have shared access with you.
