Amazon AWS S3 Storage to the rescue again with native support in WebHost Manager (WHM) to backup directly to S3. WHM AWS S3 Glacier backup is easy to setup and works like a charm. Included in this post are the standard settings that I use for all WHM backups.

WHM AWS S3 Glacier Backup Setup

• Login to WHM and run a quick search for backup at the top left of the navigation pane
  
• Click on “Backup Configuration” to begin setup
• Under “Backup Status” choose “Enabled”, under “Backup Type” choose “Compressed” to save on bandwidth and leave the timeouts at their defaults
  
• Under “Scheduling and Retention” choose to do a backup each day of the week and keep them for 30 days
  
• Under “Files” choose to disable “Backup Suspended Accounts”, choose to enable “Backup Access Logs”, choose to enable “Backup Bandwidth Data”, choose to disable “Use Local DNS” and put a check next to “Backup System Files” to allow for full restores if needed
  
• Under “Databases” choose both “Per Account and Entire MySQL Directory”, under “Default Backup Directory” type in:
  

  /backup

  Leave the “Retain backups in default directory” unchecked and disable “Mount Backup Drive as Needed”
  

• Under “Additional Destinations” choose Amazon S3 from the drop down list and click on the “Create new destination button”
• Assuming there is already a bucket and user created in AWS for this purpose – give the destination a name, check the box next to “Transfer System Backups to Destination”, type in the name of a folder in the bucket under “Folder” that will be created and used, type in the name of the “Bucket”, type in the “Access Key ID” and “Secret Access Key” then change the timeout to 60 seconds
• Click on the “Save and Validate Destination” button to make sure all settings are correct
• Finally click on the “Save Configuration” at the bottom to complete the WHM AWS S3 Glacier Backup setup.

Your WHM AWS S3 Glacier Backup has now been setup and with proper setup of S3 Storage there will be automatic archival too. If your company is using Amazon Web Services or S3 Storage for backup and need help getting it setup properly, then contact us for assistance.