This creates a working backup profile for Backblaze.
(Optional) Click the Schedule Backup tab, complete the details, and select the Save Schedule button. Ensure that the upload to Backblaze completes as expected. Complete the remaining details of the backup, select the Start Backup button and wait for the process to complete. 
In the Backup Options area, locate the Send to Remote Storage field and select Backblaze. Select Site Backup > Generate Backups from the admin menu. Now that your site is configured, you can conveniently send any backup to Backblaze. Select the Verify button to ensure that Backblaze is properly configured and then finalize the process with the Save Settings button.Ĭreating WordPress backups with Backblaze. Enter the keyID, applicationKey and bucket details you noted above (see preview below). Locate the Site Backup item in the admin menu at the left and select Storage Locations > Backblaze B2 Storage. In the Plugin area, update XCloner to the latest version. Configuring WordPress backups with Backblaze Generating an application key in Backblaze. 
Repeat this process for as many sites as you have. Note: The latter will not be shown again and will need to be recreated if you fail to record it. Note the bucket, keyID, and applicationKey. Complete the form as shown below and click the Create New Key button. Click the Add New Application Key button below the existing Master Application Key. From the menu at the left, select App Keys. 
Below we’ll quickly review the process of generating an application key and creating WordPress backups with Backblaze and XCloner. In XCloner 4.2.10 we introduced the ability to use individual application keys from Backblaze. It also allows individual keys to be revoked as needed without affecting the other keys/websites. Generally speaking it is considered less secure than generating a set of individual keys for each unique purpose.įor example, a web developer might use an individual key for each website they are backing up. Using the master key for multiple purposes is problematic. Critically, prior versions of XCloner required the master application key - the main API key of the Backblaze account holder. Access to Backblaze has always been through the use of API keys or application keys as they are referred to by Backblaze. XCloner has long-supported creating WordPress backups with Backblaze.
In fact, we recently recommended creating a WordPress backup with Backblaze for this very reason. Backblaze is a popular offsite storage location for website backups due to it’s consistently low pay-as-you-go storage fees.
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