# Configure automatic backups for Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-automatic-backups-for-discourse/14855>\
**Category:** Self-Hosting\
**Tags:** backups, how-to\
**Created:** [April 18, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-automatic-backups-for-discourse/14855 "2014-04-18T06:21:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2022, 11:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-automatic-backups-for-discourse/14855/124 "2022-07-02T11:15:39Z")

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I’d like to automatically move my S3 Backups to Glacier but I’m confused by [the steps](http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2012/11/archive-s3-to-glacier.html) linked in the first post, which doesn’t explain much, maybe because there’s outdated stuff.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/4/1/a41898edea55265f7d3f6d992f242cb7937b0f38.png)

Which options should be checked here? 🤔

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