How to backup WordPress to HiDrive
In this post we explain how to connect your HiDrive cloud storage with BackWPup, and we also provide an example about how to perform a back up in HiDrive.
Let』s dig deep into the topic.
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Connect BackWPup with HiDriveRun HiDrive Job
1. Connect BackWPup with HiDrive
In order to save a WordPress backups to HiDrive you need first to activate an HiDrive storage cloud plan. If you don』t have one account yet, you can create one here.
After installing and activating BackWPup Pro version 3.8 or above in your site, proceed as follow in order to back up your WordPress site to HiDrive destination.
Create a new job going to BackWPup → Add new Job or edit an existing job going to BackWPup → Jobs
In the tab General go to the section Job Destinations and select the Backup to HiDrive checkbox.
Select the Backup to HiDrive checkbox
A new tab appears called To: HiDrive, where you can configure the settings for HiDrive. If the connection is not active yet, in the Authentication field a red highlighted Not authenticated! message will appear.
In the App Access to HiDrive text field click 「Get HiDrive Authorization Code」 button.
HiDrive tab configuration settings
The link redirects you to the login page in HiDrive: provide now the credentials in the login form
Authenticate in HiDrive Login Form
Allow permission to access the HiDrive storage
Allow access to storage
As a result you get an Authorization code, copy the code
HiDrive Authorization code generation
Head back to BackWPup To:HiDrive settings page and paste the Authorization Code into the 「App Access to HiDrive」 field and click on the 「Save changes」 button
Paste the Authentication Code into the 「App Access to HiDrive」 text field and save the changes
After that action a new green message informs the user that the plugin is now Authenticated
BackWPup is now authenticated in HiDrive
2. Run HiDrive Job
Now that the HiDrive storage is properly configured and enabled in BackWPup let』s proceed showing how you can create a back up archive of your site and store it in HiDrive.
Go to BackWPup → Jobs and on the link of the job created in the previous section click on Run now link, this way the job starts processing your sites, creates the BackUp and then upload it on the HiDrive destination
Run the Job to create a back up in HiDrive
After the process is complete head to your HiDrive account and check that the back up archive is correctly uploaded and visible
The back up archive created is available in the HiDrive server