Extend built-in backup remote destination options

[Falco]

@Paul_King

I would like to be able to sync the latest 5 backups to my local NAS device via sftp for example (it sits behind a fixed IP address).

In this specific case, wouldn’t running a rsync starting from your NAS to the Discourse server backup folder work very well for you?

@Paul_King

Is anything like this on the Discourse development roadmap?

Have you checked the guides like

Upload backups to Dropbox with crontab and dropboxd

Dropbox has an advantage - it syncs a new backup as soon as it appears in the system. The deal is to put new backup to your local Dropbox folder (with a cron script provided). Before you proceed you have to know: You may use Dropbox to store files as much as your plan allows. You may connect up to 3 devices to Dropbox at free plan (for Android devices this limitation can be bypassed, by the way). When you will run dropbox to your linux server, then you need to synchronizethe only one folder. …

Use rclone to sync backups to Dropbox or Google Drive

There is a plugin that allows you to sync your discourse backups to various cloud storage providers. Unfortunately, it currently doesn’t work with Dropbox and Google Drive. If you nevertheless want to store your backup on your Dropbox or Google Drive follow the steps below. I will use dropbox as an example but the instructions will also work with any other backend supported by rclone. Disclaimer: The instructions have been tested on Ubuntu 16.04. and they work for me but I am not an expert at …