CloudBerry Backup now supports backup to FTP/SFTP with compression and encryption

CloudBerry Backup now has expanded the FTP and SFTP backup features with an ability to compress and encrypt data. These useful features allow you to raise a security level and reduce an amount of disc space that is required for data storage.

In our previous posts you could’ve learned about the backup to FTP and backup to SFTP features. Now we’ve added just one step to the backup plan setup procedure – a screen where you can specify compression and encryption options for your FTP or SFTP backup plan.

To specify compression and encryption options in your backup FTP or SFTP plan you have to start a Backup Wizard.

In the storage selection window choose your FTP or SFTP storage.

On the backup mode selection screen you have to select the Advanced Mode. Follow further system instructions until you get to the Compression and Encryption Options screen.

On the Compression and Encryption Options screen you can choose whether to compress files that you want to backup or not. It is done simply by checking a proper option.

Also you can enable data encryption and choose an algorithm for encryption from the provided list. To protect your encrypted data you need to specify a password. This password will be required when you restore your information so you have to write it down and save it in a secure place or just keep it in mind.

When you finish with the wizard, start your FTP or SFTP backup. Your data will be backed up compressed and encrypted according to the specification you set.

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Note: this post applies to CloudBerry Backup 3.4 and later.

CloudBerry Backup is available in Desktop Edition that costs $29.99, Server Edition that costs $79.99 and Enterprise Edition that costs $299.99 for a single license.  CloudBerry Backup for MS SQL Server license is available for $149.99. Volume discounts are available.

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CloudBerry Backup with IAM users

CloudBerry Backup provides users with an ability to use Amazon Identity and Access Management service that allows to share one S3 account with multiple users and specify access rights for each of them.

Below is a brief guide on how to:

• configure multiple users to have limited access to one S3 account
• generate individual Access and Secret Keys for each user
• configure CloudBerry Backup for each user.

Creating an Amazon IAM user

Use CloudBerry Explorer PRO to create IAM user. You can download a fully functional trial version here, it is free for 15 days.

To start you’ll need a Amazon Web Services account configured in CloudBerry Explorer. You can learn how to do that in our video tutorial.

Having an AWS account assigned with CloudBerry Explorer you can start creating your IAM user. Below are the steps you have to take:

Step 1. Open CloudBerry Explorer PRO, go to “Access Manager” and click on the “New Policy Wizard”.

Step 2. Select an AWS account you are going to work with.

Step 3. Create your IAM user and name it.

Step 4. Set up permissions for your IAM user. Just choose an appropriate option. For example purposes we’ve chosen to grant read and write to selected buckets access to our IAM user. Note: if you don’t want your user to see a list of all of your S3 buckets, uncheck the “Allow user to access to AWS console” box. It will provide you with better security level.

Step 5. Select buckets to be used in this access policy.

Step 6. Preview or modify created access policy script.

Our created policy script looks like this:

{
 "Statement": [
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"s3:ListBucket",
"s3:GetBucketAcl",
"s3:GetBucketVersioning",
"s3:GetBucketRequestPayment",
"s3:GetBucketLocation",
"s3:GetBucketPolicy"
],
"Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::cloudberry.tonny2",
"Condition": {}
},
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"s3:GetObject",
"s3:PutObject",
"s3:GetObjectAcl",
"s3:PutObjectAcl"
],
"Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::cloudberry.tonny2/*",
"Condition": {}
}
]
}

Please, note that this policy script was created for bucket cloudberry.tonny2. You can use it but ensure to replace a bucket name with a correct name of your bucket.

Step 7. Overview the list of your operations before the actual start. Click “Next” to proceed.

Step 8. After all the steps are completed you'll see the summary window. Now you’ve created your IAM user with limited permissions. To let this user backup with CloudBerry Backup you have to create Access and Secret Keys for him.

Creating Access Keys

Step 1. Open the “Access Manager” in CloudBerry Explorer PRO.

Step 2. Choose your AWS account.

Step 3. Right click on your IAM user and choose “Manage Access Keys”.

Step 4. In the opened window click “Create”. Access Key and Secret Key for your IAM user will be generated automatically.

Step 5. Сopy your credentials to clipboard or save it to a file.

Applying IAM keys to CloudBerry Backup

1. Open your CloudBerry Backup. In the “File” menu choose “Amazon S3 account…”.

2. Create a new account or edit existing one.

3. In the opened window insert previously created Access and Secret Keys and type a bucket name manually as the new user doesn't have a right to list buckets.

Now your CloudBerry Backup user will have access with configured permissions only to specified location in your S3 account.

CloudBerry Drive supports Keystone auth for HPCloud and other OpenStack storage

CloudBerry Drive maps cloud storage as a network drive to your computer and allows to access cloud storage directly from Windows Explorer interface. CloudBerry Drive supports over 20 different cloud storage services including: Amazon S3, Windows Azure and HP Cloud.

In CloudBerry Drive version 1.1 we supported Keystone identity service used by HP Cloud and other OpenStack compatible storage services for authentication and high-level authorization. 

To use Keystone authentication for HP Cloud download the latest version of CloudBerry Drive, start the program and go to Options > Storage Accounts. 

Click "Edit" if you already have HP Cloud storage account or click "Add" to create new. Choose HP Cloud from the drop down list, if you create new acount.

Check the "Use Keystone authentication" box and enter your "Tenant ID". In case of HP Cloud storage service "Tenant ID" ia equal to "Project ID". You can find it in "API Keys" section of your HP Cloud web console. Copy the "Project ID" to CloudBerry Drive an test connection.

If you've entered correct credentials you will succesfully pass connection test. Now you can map your HP Cloud storage account with Keystone authentication and use all the benefits CloudBerry Drive brings.

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Note: this post applies to CloudBerry Drive 1.1 and later.

CloudBerry Drive is available in Desktop Edition that costs $29.99 and Server Edition that costs $59.99.

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How to protect CloudBerry Backup with Master Password

CloudBerry S3 Backup is a powerful Windows program that automate backup and restore processes to Amazon S3 and Amazon Glacier cloud storage.

In this post we would like to introduce our new Master Password feature that protects CloudBerry S3 Backup from unauthorized access. Although rarely these days some users still work on shared computers where other users have access to their data. Master Password helps you further protect your cloud account from unauthorized access. what's more important, it will protect your account and data if your computer is lost and/or stolen.  Finally, this is a useful feature in a locked down environment where IT personnel is responsible for computer backup and the end user is not allowed to change the configuration.

To enable Master Password go to the Options screen, General tab. Click Protect console with master password option and enter the password.

Next time you open the console it will ask you for a password

We hope this feature will offer a more secure experience with CloudBerry Backup and will make CloudBerry Backup a product of choice for many small businesses and individuals 

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Note: this post applies to CloudBerry Backup 3.4 and later.

CloudBerry Backup is available in Desktop Edition that costs $29.99, Server Edition that costs $79.99 and Enterprise Edition that costs $299.99 for a single license.  CloudBerry Backup for MS SQL Server license is available for $149.99. Volume discounts are available. 

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Introducing CloudBerry Backup 3.4

CloudBerry Lab is proud to present Cloudberry Backup version 3.4. Our backup application has become even more powerful with new features and enhancements:

• FTP/SFTP server support
• Master password
• Local backup speed improvements
• Multiple emails notification
• Clone backup plan
• Ignore self signed SSL certificate
• Backup files < XX MB
• Highlight local backup

In the post below we will briefly overview each of the new features designed to help our customers exploit cloud backup technology with maximum efficiency.

FTP/SFTP server support

Cloudberry Backup now supports FTP and SFTP servers. With the new version users can backup their data to FTP and SFTP servers that are widely used for data storage. You can find more details in post covering backup to FTP and post covering backup to SFTP.

Master password

We added an ability to set master password in CloudBerry Backup. It may become very useful for IT administrators and users who need to lock software from unauthorized access. Once specified, master password will be required to access Cloudberry Backup, even if it’s already running in background.

Local backup speed improvements

Local backup is an option in CloudBerry Backup that allows backup to local drives, NAS, mapped network drives and network shares. Most of our users found local backup very useful feature but some complained on the low backup speed. In the new version we have improved local backup performance to allow users backup their data locally much faster.

Multiple emails notification

In previous versions Cloudberry Backup users were able to specify only one address for email notifications. From the new version users can set multiple email addresses to receive notification messages on backup completion status. You just have to write email addresses to proper line and separate them from one another with commas.

Clone backup plan

Also we introduced an ability to clone existing backup plans. Now instead of creating new backup plan from scratch users can copy an existing plan and modify it as required.

Ignore self signed SSL certificate

In previous versions backups to online storage with outdated SSL certificate were aborted by the software. Now your backup will run even if an issues with SSL certificate occur. This may be necessary for example for the local OpenStack Swift storage implementations 

Backup files < XX MB

We have also added new file filter based on a file size. Now users can specify the maximum size of the files to backup. For example you can set the application to backup only files that are less than 500 Mb, 1000 Mb, 5000 Mb or any other size that fits your requirements.

Highlight local backup

We have also added “Local backup” button to the application welcome screen. It allows to easily access local backup settings. You can find a new button on the left part of the welcome screen as shown on the screenshot below.

With the number of new features CloudBerry Backup becomes more powerful, more flexible and more secure. The addition of FTP/SFTP support, master password, local backup speed improvements, clone backup plan functionality and other described in this post make the product more appealing to broader audience of SMB customers.

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Note: this post applies to CloudBerry Backup 3.4 and later.

CloudBerry Backup is available in Desktop Edition that costs $29.99, Server Edition that costs $79.99 and Enterprise Edition that costs $299.99 for a single license.  CloudBerry Backup for MS SQL Server license is available for $149.99. Volume discounts are available.

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How to backup to SFTP using CloudBerry Backup

CloudBerry Lab presents a new version of CloudBerry Backup. Now this powerful backup application supports SFTP protocols. It means that CloudBerry Backup users now have an ability to backup their files to SFTP servers with ease and convenience.

SFTP is a protocol that uses Secure Shell to transfer files. SFTP encrypts transmitted files and commands. It makes data transfer over network secure and reliable. SFTP backup feature will become useful for those who prefer using STFP servers to store valuable data.

To start backup to SFTP you have to open your CloudBerry Backup application and start Backup Wizard as usual.

In the storage selection window now you can choose SFTP storage.

If you don’t already have an SFTP account you can create it using your SFTP settings as it is shown on the screenshot below.

Then you have to choose files you want to backup to SFTP server.

You can also setup purge, schedule and email notification options during further steps.

When the backup plan is ready you can run it manually or automatically according to schedule that was configured during the setup process.

CloudBerry Backup applications new features make this backup application even more powerful. We hope that most of our users will appreciate new capabilities of CloudBerry Backup and find it really useful.

Also you may find interesting an information about CloudBerry backup to FTP feature.

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Note: this post applies to CloudBerry Backup 3.4 and later.

CloudBerry Backup is available in Desktop Edition that costs $29.99, Server Edition that costs $79.99 and Enterprise Edition that costs $299.99 for a single license.  CloudBerry Backup for MS SQL Server license is available for $149.99. Volume discounts are available.

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How to backup to FTP with CloudBerry Backup

CloudBerry Backup now supports backup to FTP servers. New Cloudberry Lab’s application has become even more powerful and functional than before. Now every FTP user can automate backup to FTP using just one convenient application.

FTP is a network protocol which is used to transfer files over a TCP-based networks. When you transfer files from one host to another over the Internet you use FTP. FTP – servers also widely used for keeping and sharing information all over the world. FTP backup feature significantly expands capabilities of the CloudBerry Backup and makes it more useful and convenient for lots of users.

Backup to FTP with CloudBerry Backup is not more complicated than backup to any cloud storage or local drive. To begin backup you just have to open the Backup Wizard and choose FTP in the storage selection window.

If you don’t have an FTP storage account on CloudBerry Backup’s storages list you’ll have to create it as shown on the screenshot below.

On the next step you’ll have to choose files and folders to backup to FTP.

The program will ask you to specify purge and schedule options for your backup plan. Also you can configure email notifications according to your needs.

After configuring an FTP backup plan you can run it manually or wait until the schedule trigger starts your backup automatically.

CloudBerry Lab constantly improves our backup applications for they could suit needs of most of the users. We provide our users with ability to backup their data with maximum efficiency and convenience. Hope that you will find new features of CloudBerry Backup really useful.

Also you may find interesting an information about CloudBerry backup to SFTP feature.

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Note: this post applies to CloudBerry Backup 3.4 and later.

CloudBerry Backup is available in Desktop Edition that costs $29.99, Server Edition that costs $79.99 and Enterprise Edition that costs $299.99 for a single license.  CloudBerry Backup for MS SQL Server license is available for $149.99. Volume discounts are available.

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