# How to make backup files and database on a Discourse server and upload to Google Drive?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-backup-files-and-database-on-a-discourse-server-and-upload-to-google-drive/122067
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [July 4, 2019, 5:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-backup-files-and-database-on-a-discourse-server-and-upload-to-google-drive/122067 "2019-07-04T05:16:20Z")
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### Author: ![TheBestPessimist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/thebestpessimist/32/247704_2.png) [@TheBestPessimist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBestPessimist)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2019, 9:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-backup-files-and-database-on-a-discourse-server-and-upload-to-google-drive/122067/2 "2019-07-04T09:10:29Z")

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Have you tried using the search functionality discourse offers? (as a future discourse admin, you should first learn to use discourse, so that you can teach your users as well)

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/a/9a6d5f5dd02eba2a0f6fde4b1074dd0949632823.png)

This answers your question: [Use rclone to sync backups to Dropbox or Google Drive](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-sync-your-backups-to-cloud-storage-alternative-method/97294)

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