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The s3backup cli tool uses a configuration file to setup and backup directories on your computer to S3.

Install

composer global require "marcusmyers/s3backup=~2.0.0"

Make sure to place the ~/.composer/vendor/bin directory in your PATH so the s3 executable is found when you run the s3backup backup command in your terminal.

Configure

Once installed on your machine you will need to run s3backup init as it should create the following directory $HOME/.s3backup and config.json file in that directory. Open up the config.json file and edit it to your liking, below are a couple examples:

{
  "aws": {
    "credentials": {
      "key": "<Your AWS Access Key ID>",
      "secret": "<Your AWS Secret Access Key ID>"
    },
    "bucket": "my-backup-bucket",
    "file_prefix": "my_backups"
  },
  "filename": "my_laptop_backup",
  "directories": [
    "/Users/exampleUser/Desktop/Logos",
    "/var/www/html",
    "/Users/exampleUser/Documents"
  ]
}

{
  "aws": {
    "credentials": {
      "key": "<Your AWS Access Key ID>",
      "secret": "<Your AWS Secret Access Key ID>"
    },
    "bucket": "my-bucket",
    "file_prefix": "my_backups"
  },
  "filename": "my_laptop_backup",
  "directories": []
}

Usage

If you don't setup any directories in the config file you can run backup any folder you want by running the following:

s3backup backup path/to/file/or/directory

If you have predefined directories in your config file you can simply run:

s3backup backup

You can also set an environment variable to only have to run s3backup like below:

export S3_BACKUP_SINGLE_COMMAND=1
s3backup