# Backups not running on Contabo Object Storage
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-not-running-on-contabo-object-storage/308688
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** backups, s3
**Created:** [May 20, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-not-running-on-contabo-object-storage/308688 "2024-05-20T12:03:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@tumbano](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tumbano)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-not-running-on-contabo-object-storage/308688/1 "2024-05-20T12:03:52Z")
I’m using Contabo Object Storage for backups and I need to leave “s3\_backup\_bucket” empty for it to work otherwise it adds the name at the beginnig of the bucket’s url and it doesn’t work.
Now, if I run the backups manually it works fine and complete the task but the automatic daily backups don’t work. I also shows me this in dashboard:
The server is configured to upload backups to S3, but at least one the following setting is not set: s3\_access\_key\_id, s3\_secret\_access\_key, s3\_use\_iam\_profile, or s3\_backup\_bucket. Go to the Site Settings and update the settings.
Any way to fix this?
P.S. It used to work fine 'till last week update..
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-not-running-on-contabo-object-storage/308688/2 "2024-05-20T12:08:23Z")
> [@tumbano](#):
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> I need to leave “s3\_backup\_bucket” empty
> [@tumbano](#):
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> The server is configured to upload backups to S3,
You can’t upload backups to s3 if you don’t define `s3_backup_bucket`.
> [@tumbano](#):
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> It used to work fine 'till last week update…
I can’t imagine how that could be true.
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### Author:  [@tumbano](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tumbano)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-not-running-on-contabo-object-storage/308688/3 "2024-05-20T12:48:26Z")
Why it works then when I run it manually?
Contabo’s bucket url is [https://usc1.contabostorage.com/bucketname](https://usc1.contabostorage.com/bucketname)
If I add the name to discourse settings it’ll try to connect to [https://bucketname.usc1.contabostorage.com/bucketname](https://bucketname.usc1.contabostorage.com/bucketname) or [https://bucketname.usc1.contabostorage.com/](https://bucketname.usc1.contabostorage.com/)
and this doesn’t work with Contabo.
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### Author:  [@Master](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Master)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-not-running-on-contabo-object-storage/308688/4 "2024-05-20T17:47:11Z")
The same thing happened to me with scaleway, it worked for me until approximately May 16, then it didn’t work.
Additionally, believe me, I did more than 50 tests (changing all the values), and the only way that worked was if I left “s3 backup bucket” blank, and what the system did was create a folder called “default”, but It worked… Otherwise, no matter how many combinations I did, creating new AIs, modifying permissions, nothing worked.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-not-running-on-contabo-object-storage/308688/5 "2024-05-20T20:44:01Z")
> [@Master](#):
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> and the only way that worked was if I left “s3 backup bucket” blank,
That sounds like a bug then.
> [@Master](#):
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> what the system did was create a folder called “default”,
That’s expected.
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### Author:  [@tumbano](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tumbano)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-not-running-on-contabo-object-storage/308688/6 "2024-05-21T03:58:30Z")
I’ve put a space instead of leaving it empty and this night’s backup has run. Still having the advice in dashboard tho.
Another thing, it doesn’t delete the local files after the upload completes.
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### Author:  [@tumbano](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tumbano)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-not-running-on-contabo-object-storage/308688/7 "2024-05-22T15:55:07Z")
Moved back to previous provider (idrive) and everything is back to normality.
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### Author:  [@Chad\_Todd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chad_Todd)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backups-not-running-on-contabo-object-storage/308688/8 "2025-03-16T12:53:46Z")
You should set bucket to Contabo region, and set S3 endpoint without region
like this
bucket: usc1
S3 endpoint: [https://contabostorage.com/bucketname](https://contabostorage.com/bucketname)
it’s work fine.