# Forum rendered unusable

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-rendered-unusable/277535
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** s3
**Created:** [September 1, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-rendered-unusable/277535 "2023-09-01T22:09:58Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-rendered-unusable/277535/10 "2023-09-04T19:29:12Z")

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> [@MadPenguin](#):
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> I may have made mistakes

> [@MadPenguin](#):
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> My hooks looks like this;
> 
> ```plaintext
> 
> ```

Those rake tasks don’t go there.

> [@Configure an S3 compatible object storage provider for uploads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-an-s3-compatible-object-storage-provider-for-uploads/148916/1):
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> ```plaintext
> after_assets_precompile:
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> ```

> [@MadPenguin](#):
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> Was just wondering why these wouldn’t be part of the default backup

If your uploads are are on S3 then you’re counting on the S3 manager to make it work so you don’t need backups. There’s a hidden settign to download assets from S3 and include them in the backup, but you almost certainliy don’t want to do that.

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