# Backup request via FTP
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-request-via-ftp/307905
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** backups
**Created:** [May 14, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-request-via-ftp/307905 "2024-05-14T14:04:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Master](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Master)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-request-via-ftp/307905/1 "2024-05-14T14:04:34Z")
Hello, currently the system allows backup only in AWS S3, so I would like to know if it is due to an exclusivity and agreement with Amazon or if they plan to provide other services, for example via FTP so that I can automate it to any other place.
It is very cumbersome to have to download it manually and upload it to external servers (I feel like I am in prehistoric times); I would like many other services, but I’ll settle for FTP because I can synchronize this with any other external server.
It’s possible?
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-request-via-ftp/307905/2 "2024-05-14T14:22:57Z")
You are not tied exclusively to Amazon, I believe you can use many S3 providers.
For example, you could use Scaleway:
> [@Backup Upload to S3 Fails on scaleway (multipart upload)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-upload-to-s3-fails-on-scaleway-multipart-upload/177764):
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> Running on 2.6.1 stable with a s3 clone (Scaleway). Here is the log: [2021-01-30 09:52:59] Uploading archive... [2021-01-30 09:55:36] EXCEPTION: failed to abort multipart upload: The specified multipart upload does not exist. The upload ID might be invalid, or the multipart upload might have been aborted or completed. [2021-01-30 09:55:36] /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/aws-sdk-s3-1.83.2/lib/aws-sdk-s3/multipart\_file\_uploader.rb:94:in `rescue in abort\_upload' /var/www/discours…
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-request-via-ftp/307905/3 "2024-05-14T15:08:33Z")
If you are self hosted, you can store backups locally and copy them elsewhere via scp/rsync.
You can use many s3 compatible services. [Configure an S3 compatible object storage provider for uploads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-an-s3-compatible-object-storage-provider-for-uploads/148916)
The point of s3 is that it’s reliable and they beck it up so you don’t have to.
If you’re hosted at [discourse.org](http://discourse.org) then you don’t need to download backups since they handle that for you.
Why do you want download the backups?
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### Author:  [@Master](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Master)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-request-via-ftp/307905/4 "2024-05-15T01:50:11Z")
I want to have backup copies of my site, in case there is a hacking problem, configuration problem or any other problem, it is better to have a backup on external servers.
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### Author:  [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-request-via-ftp/307905/5 "2024-05-15T03:14:04Z")
> [@Master](#):
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> currently the system allows backup only in AWS S3
This is outright incorrect.
By default it saves a backup locally and you can FTP it off the server (via push or pull) as you see fit.
What led you to believe only S3 was supported?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-request-via-ftp/307905/6 "2024-05-15T14:26:59Z")
So you **are** self hosted? If so, just use `rsync` to push or pull your backups elsewhere.
Make sure they you have a copy of the containers directory as well.