# Synchronizer-base for any backup provider

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronizer-base-for-any-backup-provider/68018
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** broken
**Created:** [14 أغسطس 2017، 2:36م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronizer-base-for-any-backup-provider/68018 "2017-08-14T14:36:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![hammer\_ortiz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hammer_ortiz/32/119550_2.png) [@hammer\_ortiz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hammer_ortiz)
#### Post date: [1 أكتوبر 2018، 2:38م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronizer-base-for-any-backup-provider/68018/71 "2018-10-01T14:38:46Z")

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Not working for google drive either

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### Author: ![kiwikid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kiwikid/32/129688_2.png) [@kiwikid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kiwikid)
#### Post date: [22 يناير 2019، 8:30م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronizer-base-for-any-backup-provider/68018/72 "2019-01-22T20:30:12Z")

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There’s a thread re the dropbox plugin and required versions of public\_suffix. There is a fork, which is sadly now out of date with that requirement.

But even if that dependency is tweaked, it’s been broken since September, with the following showing up in the logs:

`Job exception: uninitialized constant Jobs::SyncBackupsToDropbox::Backup Did you mean? BackupFile`

For now these plugins seem to be abandoned ☹

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### Author: ![dandv](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dandv/32/169779_2.png) [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [17 مايو 2019، 5:06ص UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronizer-base-for-any-backup-provider/68018/73 "2019-05-17T05:06:40Z")

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So what’s the May 2019 recommended way to backup Discourse on Dropbox, or another major free cloud storage provider?

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### Author: ![mcg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcg/32/108707_2.png) [@mcg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcg)
#### Post date: [2 يونيو 2019، 9:11م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronizer-base-for-any-backup-provider/68018/74 "2019-06-02T21:11:07Z")

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Alas I just discovered that the Google Drive plugin not only doesn’t work, but it prevented a successful upgrade. I had to remove it to complete a `./launcher rebuild app`.

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [2 يونيو 2019، 9:42م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronizer-base-for-any-backup-provider/68018/75 "2019-06-02T21:42:25Z")

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> [@mcg](#):
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> I just discovered that the Google Drive plugin […] doesn’t work

Probably because Google is [currenly](https://twitter.com/hashtag/googledown) experiencing some issues with their online services?

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### Author: ![mcg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcg/32/108707_2.png) [@mcg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcg)
#### Post date: [2 يونيو 2019، 11:54م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synchronizer-base-for-any-backup-provider/68018/76 "2019-06-02T23:54:02Z")

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Actually, no, it breaks on install: a gem version conflict.

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