How to Back Up WordPress to IDrive e2

IDrive e2 is S3-compatible object storage with simple pricing and no charge for downloading your data, which makes it a good home for WordPress backups. Movebase has an IDrive e2 option built in, so setup takes a few minutes.

What you need

• An IDrive e2 account (there is usually a free trial).
• A WordPress site with the free Movebase plugin installed.

Step 1: Choose a region and create a bucket

1. Sign in to the IDrive e2 console.
2. Enable a region close to your web server. Backups upload faster when storage is near your host.
3. Create a bucket, for example mysite-backups. Bucket names must be unique, lowercase and without spaces.
4. Keep the bucket private. Backups should never be publicly readable.

Step 2: Create an access key

1. In the IDrive e2 console, open Access keys and create a new key.
2. If you can, limit the key to the bucket you just made, with read and write permission.
3. Copy the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key. The secret is shown only once.
4. Note the endpoint shown for your region. It looks like a web address starting with https://.

Tip: Create one key per website. If a site is ever compromised, you can delete just that key without touching your other sites.

Step 3: Connect IDrive e2 in Movebase

1. In WordPress, open Movebase → Storage.
2. Choose IDrive e2.
3. Paste the endpoint, bucket name, access key and secret key. Optionally add a folder (prefix) such as mysite, which is handy if several sites share one bucket.
4. Save.

Movebase stores the keys encrypted in your WordPress database and never writes them to its logs.

Step 4: Send a backup to IDrive e2

Open Movebase → Backups and click Back up to storage. Movebase uploads the backup in numbered parts. After each part is uploaded, it's read back and checked against its checksum, and the backup is only marked complete when every part matches.

If your hosting is short on disk space, Movebase can stream each part straight to IDrive e2 and remove the local copy once it's verified, so you don't need room for a full copy of your site on the server.

Restoring from IDrive e2

On any site connected to the same bucket, open Movebase → Restore, choose Cloud storage and pick the backup. That works on the same site or a brand-new install on another host, which makes IDrive e2 a convenient bridge when you migrate to a new host.

Moving the connection to another site

Setting up the same storage on several sites? Movebase can export the storage settings as a password-protected connection file that you import on the next site, so you don't paste keys around.

Troubleshooting

• "Access denied": the key doesn't have permission for this bucket, or the bucket name has a typo.
• "Enter the secure storage endpoint": the endpoint must start with https:// and contain no path after the host name.
• Uploads are slow: pick an IDrive e2 region closer to your web host.

Prefer not to manage buckets and keys at all? Movebase Cloud gives you off-site storage by simply signing in from the plugin. And for the bigger picture, see where to store WordPress backups.

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