Set Up Website Backups with EazyBackup’s E3 Service

In keeping with our mission to host everything in Canada, we’re thrilled to recommend EazyBackup’s E3 storage as an S3-compatible storage provider. They provide low-cost, high-quality storage, hosted in Canada (by a Canadian company), for as low as $9/mo for 1TB of storage. Additional storage is billed incrementally, so you only pay for what you use above that 1TB.

What does S3-compatible mean? Why is it important? Can I eat it?

S3-compatible means that it uses the same connection style as Amazon’s S3 storage. This is important because our backup systems (both Plesk and 1-Click Web Apps) can integrate with S3-compatible storages. That means you can use these connections to get your backups stored safely in your own EazyBackup account for a low monthly fee, and can use them to restore your site in the event of any emergency or unforeseen issues. Unfortunately, it is not edible. We’re sorry to be the bearers of bad news on that front.

How do I get started with EazyBackup’s E3 service?

This signup link will take you to the appropriate signup page on EazyBackup’s site.

Once you’re signed up for your free trial (oh, did I mention, they offer a 30 day free trial?), follow these directions to get the information you’ll need to connect to the storage:

1. You will need to visit the ‘Buckets’ page to create a bucket for your data. 
2. Visit the ‘Access Keys’ page – copy the Service URL (API endpoint URL)
3. You will need to decrypt your access key and secret key, enter your account password to decrypt the keys. At this point you should be able to copy the keys and API URL to your application. 

That’s it with EazyBackup – next up you can connect your Websavers service, depending on which backup method you prefer:

Connecting to Websavers Backup Solutions

To read more about our backup solutions, please check out the full guide here.

Plesk – Incremental backups, but less portable

1. Go to Plesk’s “Backup & Restore” in the right sidebar. If you don’t see a sidebar on the right in Plesk, you may need to open it by clicking this icon:
2. Click “Remote Storage Settings”
3. Click “Amazon S3 Storage”
4. At the top of the page, click the Service Provider dropdown and select “Custom”
5. Enter the following information from your EazyBackup E3 account:
   • The “API Endpoint URL” is visible in EazyBackup E3’s Access Keys page as “Service URL”. For example: s3.ca-central-1.eazybackup.com
   • For the Key and Secret, you’ll need to click “Decrypt Keys” on the Access Keys page in EazyBackup. Then copy + paste the Key and Secret into the appropriate fields in Plesk.
   • The Bucket is the exact bucket name you created in EazyBackup
   • The Path is /
6. Click OK to save
7. Click the “Schedule” button to set up your backup schedule to the storage as you wish. We recommend using Incremental backups.

1-Click Web Apps (Installatron) backups – More portable, but take up more space.

Shared Hosting (1-Click Web Apps):

1. Go to 1-Click Web Apps
2. Click on the application you’d like to back up.
3. Scroll down to “Default Backup Location” and click “Add a new backup location”
4. Select “Amazon S3”
5. Fill out the information as follows:
   • “S3 Endpoint” is the “Service URL” visible on the EazyBackup E3 Access Keys page. For example: s3.ca-central-1.eazybackup.com
   • “S3 Region” is the second part of the domain for the Service URL. Example: “ca-central-1”
   • “S3 Bucket” is the bucket you created – spelled exactly as you spelled it out.
   • To get your “AWS Access Key” and “AWS Secret Key” you’ll need to click “Decrypt Keys” on the Access Keys page in EazyBackup E3. Then copy and paste the Key (access key) and Secret (secret key) into those spots.
   • “Path” should just be “/”
6. Click “Save All” at the bottom.

VPS (Installatron):

1. Go to Installatron
2. Click the Settings icon at the top right.
3. Scroll down to Backups and click “Locations”
4. Click “Add Backup Location”
5. Select “Amazon S3”
6. Fill out the information as follows:
   • “S3 Endpoint” is the “Service URL” visible on the EazyBackup E3 Access Keys page. For example: s3.ca-central-1.eazybackup.com
   • “S3 Region” is the second part of the domain for the Service URL. Example: “ca-central-1”
   • “S3 Bucket” is the bucket you created – spelled exactly as you spelled it out.
   • To get your “AWS Access Key” and “AWS Secret Key” you’ll need to click “Decrypt Keys” on the Access Keys page in EazyBackup E3. Then copy and paste the Key (access key) and Secret (secret key) into those spots.
   • “Path” should just be “/”
7. Click “Save All” at the bottom.

Now the backup location is available in 1-Click Web Apps / Installatron to back up your sites!