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How do I activate my BackWPup Pro license?

How do I activate my BackWPup Pro license?
If your BackWPup version is minor or equal to 3.7.0, the info here reported cannot be applied. Please instead refer to BackWPup License Update .
If instead your version is above 3.7.0, you can follow the instructions reported here below.

Please log in to your BackWPup customer account. You will find your license on the page My account  in the section Dashboard or API key. Copy the license (Master API Key) to the clipboard.
Log in to WordPress and go to BackWPup Pro → Settings and select the License tab.
Paste the license key from the clipboard into the field Master API Key.
Go back and copy the Product ID as well and paste it into the field Product ID.
Save your changes.

In your customer account, go to the section Dashboard or API Keys or otherwise have a look at BackWPup Pro → Settings via the backend in the License tab to see if your license was activated successfully.
How do I activate my BackWPup Pro license?
I get error message 「Exceeded maximum number of activations」
You can only activate BackWPup on as many WordPress Installations as you have licences available.  If you get this error message, you already activated all licences you bought. You need to delete an activation via your backwpup.com account or via your WordPress backend before you can activate again.
Troubleshooting: If you have troubles activating or deleting your licence via your WordPress backend, please check your account dashboard at backwpup.com to ensure the licence is not active in the shop on the same domain.
If you see the licence activated, delete the activation via your my account and try to activate again via your WordPress backend.

How to backup your WordPress database with one click

How to backup your WordPress database with one click
Our plugin offers you a lot of settings for your backups. But it is also possible to get things done the easy way. If you just want to create a WordPress backup of your database, you can use the BackWPup One Click Backup option. You can find this in the WordPress admin area:

Login to WordPress.
Go to BackWPup → Dashboard.
Click on the big blue button Download database backup under One click backup. Your database will be stored as .sql file on your computer.
Click on the big blue button Download database backup under One click backup

Note: The WordPress database backup is not a full backup of your WordPress website. For a full WordPress backup you need to save the files of the WordPress installation as well. Create a recurring backup job to save all files. This will prevent you from not being able to restore your website if needed.

How to backup WordPress to OneDrive

How to backup WordPress to OneDrive
In this tutorial we explain how to connect your Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage with BackWPup, and we also provide an example about how to execute a back up in OneDrive.
Let』s have a look to the topic.

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Register an ApplicationSetting the APi Key and the Redirect URIRun a job in BackWPup: create back up archive in OneDrive
1. Register an Application
In order to backup your WordPress site to OneDrive you´ll need a working OneDrive Application.
Proceed first to log in into the Microsoft Azure Portal
If you don』t have a Microsoft Account you will be prompted for creating a new one.
When you are logged in into the Microsoft Azure Portal Registration page, register your Application using the available links as shown in the picture below
Use the available links to access to the Application registration section in the Microsoft Azure Portal
This way you head to the Registration page where is possible register your application: fill all the requested data and get an Application ID to represent your application in API calls.
Please note: make sure you choose one of the options that use the personal Microsoft account like indicated in the picture below
Microsoft Azure Portal: fill the Application registration Form fields in order to get the Application Id
After registration, in the Application Overview you can find the Client ID:
Get the Application Client ID value
The next step now is to create the client secret, in order to to connect BackWPup with OneDrive.
In the Application page created in the steps above go to Certificates & secrets and then click on the New client secret link in the page.
A form will be open: fill the needed values and create the client secret.
Create the client secret
2. Setting the APi Key and the Redirect URI
Now proceed in your WordPress site and go to BackWPup Settings → API Keys tab and in the OneDrive Api Keys section fills the Client ID and client secret using the values from your OneDrive Application as shown in the previous section.
Setting the OneDrive Api Key in BackWPup
Then, in the same section, copy the Redirect URI as specified in the picture below
Copy Redirect URI in your BackWPup settings
and paste it to your OneDrive Application in Microsoft Azure, going to Authentication link on the left menu, and then in the Redirect URI section:
Set the Redirect URI in the Microsoft Azure page
3. Run a job in BackWPup: create back up archive in OneDrive
The Application has been properly set in the previous sections, hence let』s go on creating a new job: select Backup to Microsoft OneDrive from the Job Destination options and save the job.
Select the OneDrive destination option in BackWPup
Then, head to the To: OneDrive tab, and in the Login, click the Reauthenticate button.
Reauthenticate the OneDrive connection
This way you should see the Authenticated! message highlighted in green.
OneDrive connection authenticated
Finally we have a job ready to be executed: go into the Jobs screen and run it:
Run the OneDrive back up job
And once the job is successfully finished, you should see the backup archive file uploaded correctly in your OneDrive App:
Check the the back up archive created is available in OneDrive

Backup Type Synchronize File by File to Destination

Backup Type Synchronize File by File to Destination
During the first backup with the BackWPup setting synchronize file by file to destination, BackWPup copies all the files that shall be backed up uncompressed into a folder of your backup destination, for example Google Drive. When backing up data the next time, BackWPup backs up only those files into the folder which changed since the last backup. In case you back up the database too, BackWPup always transfers the database completely.
In comparison to the backup type backup archive, this setting causes that only the changed files are backed up. This speeds up the backup process. Moreover, the backup is uncompressed.
This feature behaves like incremental or differential backups.
Synchronize files to Google Drive with BackWPup
Synchronize file by file to destination
When you create a new backup job, choose the backup type synchronize file by file to destination on the general settings site.Imagine you made the first backup with BackWPup Pro on Monday. Then, the tuesday backup will only back up the data which changed since Monday (synchronize file by file to backup destination).
Job 「Synchronize file by file to destination」 started.
The Wednesday data backup will only overwrite the data which changed since Tuesday and so on. There is no file compression as zip achive, tar archive or other archive types.
BackWPup files synchronized to Google Drive folder
The benefit of this synchronisation is quite obvious: Less data need to be backed up. Therefore the backup process is faster.
This feature is not compatible with encryption. So you can speed the back up process, but your data in the chosen destination will be in plaintext, not encoded.

Backup with HTTP basic Authentification (.htaccess)

Backup with HTTP basic Authentification (.htaccess)
Sometimes it』s useful to share several files or whole directories only with a specific group of people. Therefore many web hosters offer a very effective protection with only little effort: The file 「.htaccess」.
This file allows to add a password protection to directories or files. The difference to other passwords is that this password exists in a coded form. Due to that it is, compared to other methods, more difficult to be read. In case someone wants to get access to a file or a directory protected in this way, the user needs to enter a user name and a code word.
In case you protect your blog with a http basic authentification (.htaccess) or use a plugin saving the wp-cron.php, you will get the following error message when you create a backup with BackWPup:
Nicht erwartete HTTP-Antwort:
Status-Code: 401
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2017 10:05:54 GMT
Server: Apache
Www-authenticate: Basic realm="Testsystem"
Content-length: 401
Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Inhalt: 401 Authorization Required This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document requested. Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required.
Follow these steps to be able to create a backup with http basic authentification with BackWPup:

Navigate to BackWPup → Settings → Network.
Choose Basic Auth, enter your .htaccess user and the password and click save changes.

What do I need to use Google Drive for Backups?

What do I need to use Google Drive for Backups?
Google Drive is the cloud storage service by Google. BackWPup Pro offers you to store your WordPress Backups to Google Drive. To use Google Drive for backups you need a free Google account and our plugin BackWPup Pro.
Register for a Google account to use Google Drive for backups
With a Google account you get access to various Google services, including Google Drive with 15 GB free space at the moment.
If you don』t have a Google account yet, follow this steps:

Go to https://accounts.google.com/signup?hl=en and fill in the registration form.
Fill in the Google registration form
Click on Next step and agree to the privacy policy and the terms of service.
You possibly have to verify your email address afterwards.
Now your Google account is created, you can find Google Drive by going to google.com. Click on the Google Apps menu item at the upper right corner and a new menu with various Google services opens. We have marked the Google Drive symbol in the screenshot below.
Click on the Google Apps menu item
After registering for a free Google Drive account you can start using Google Drive for backups together with BackWPup Pro. Please read our instructions on how to backup WordPress to Google Drive.

How to backup WordPress to HiDrive

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

How to restore the Dropbox connection in BackWPup 3.6.9 or later

How to restore the Dropbox connection in BackWPup 3.6.9 or later
Starting from BackWPup version 3.6.9 for security reasons a new connection process to Dropbox has been implemented.
In case you are already using Dropbox with an older version of BackWPup, you need to update the plugin, otherwise BackWPup won』t be able to connect to your Dropbox account.
In order to prevent this, follow the steps here below:

Install/Update BackWPup to the latest version: this can be achieved as usual by updating your BackWPup installation through the Plugin section; or uninstalling the old copy and downloading and manually installing the latest version.
If you are already authenticated in Dropbox, log off through BackWPup: this can be done by pressing the Delete Dropbox Authentication button as shown in the picture below.
Log off from Dropbox and then authenticate again
Re-authenticate in Dropbox through BackWPup: to re-authenticate you can follow the tutorial here .
Authenticate into Dropbox using the proper buttons

 
Note: The Dropbox backup folder changed from BackWPup to InpsydeBackWPup.

How to backup WordPress to Dropbox

How to backup WordPress to Dropbox
A Dropbox account is required to save WordPress backups to Dropbox. If you don』t have one yet, you can find the instructions here.

Edit an existing job or create a new one. (BackWPup → Jobs or BackWPup → Add new Job).
In the tab General go to the section Job Destinations and check the Backup to Dropbox box.
Check the Backup to Dropbox box
A new tab appears called To: Dropbox, where you can configure the settings for Dropbox.
Configure the settings for Dropbox
If the connection to Dropbox is not made yet, at the top of the page a red highlighted Not authenticated! will appear.
If you don』t have an Dropbox account yet, you can get to the registration by clicking the Create Account button.
To authenticate, use one of the two buttons Get Dropbox App auth code or Get full Dropbox auth code. The first method will only create access to a certain folder (Apps), while the second method will create access to the entire Dropbox account. We recommend that you use the limited App access.
Clicking one of the buttons will forward you to the Dropbox site, where you are asked to allow your site access to Dropbox. Click on Allow here.
Access to Dropbox
On the next page, a code is displayed.

Copy the code and paste it to the field next to the button you have clicked on before on the job settings page. Then click on Save changes at the bottom. BackWPup should now show you that it is successfully connected to Dropbox.
Set the name at the Destination folder field
Now you can change or set the name at the Destination folder field where the backup files will be stored. If you have used the App authentification, this folder will be located under Apps/BackWPup.
In the File Deletion field you can set the maximum number of backups, which will be stored in Dropbox. This saves you space on your Dropbox. If the maximum number is reached, the oldest backup will be deleted.
To check if the Dropbox setup is working correctly, start a backup job with Dropbox as job destination. If the job is done, you should see the backup file in your Dropbox.
Backup file in your Dropbox
See the backup file in your Dropbox

BackWPup License Update

BackWPup License Update
Starting from version 3.7.1 the licensing system of BackWPup has been updated, and the info needed to activate the license are now different, depending on the plugin version you currently use.

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Version minor or equal to 3.7.0 requires an Api Key and an Email AddressVersion above 3.7.0 requires a Master Api Key and a Product Id code
Version minor or equal to 3.7.0 requires an Api Key and an Email Address

The Api Key is available in your My Account page, in the Dashboard or Api Key section and it is now named as Deprecated.

The purchase Email is available in your My Account page, in the Account Details section.

You can use these information to activate your license, inserting them in your plugins settings license tab.

Version above 3.7.0 requires a Master Api Key and a Product Id code

The Master Api Key is available in your My Account page, in the Dashboard or Api Key section. This key can be used to activate any of the products you purchased.

 

The Product Id identifies the product purchased and it is available in the My Account page, in the Dashboard or Api Key section.

You can use these information to activate your license, inserting them in your plugins settings license tab.