• Once logged into your BackUp admin area from the email received.
• Or accessing your backup facility directly: http://backup.idshosting.co.za.
• Select the required backup: Files or Data Base.
• Enter your FTP access codes or DB connection access codes, received by your hosting company.
• IDS Hosting sends this info in an email entitled: New Account Information or WELCOME.
• Enter the username & password & host name or IP can also be used here.
• Check with your hosting company or find the correct settings in the 'welcome' email.
• Set up the backup configuration, this can be edited later as well.

• All backups are stored on Amazon Web Services
• Entry level Website BackUp is 5GB and can be upgraded to 200GB, purchased on a monthly through to an annual bases.
• Information is encrypted and can be compressed significantly. (content dependent)

WEBSITE FILES BACKUP OPTIONS:

• Website data can be conveyed to the backup server in various ways, such as:
• FTP, SFTP, RSYNCE - over SSH and RSYNC - Daemon mode
• Unsure then use FTP on port 21.
• Host name, username & password is required. IP for connection while listing on the firewall is supplied if required.
• Once connected File listing will be seen, folders to be backed can be selected or all folders can be selected.
• Website is usually on one of these folders, the public folder (some named: public_html) for website backup files is all that’s required.
• File exclusion list can be added to exclude various types of files, such as cache, logs, temp etc.
• Multiple eBackup retentions options.
• Multiple Backup frequency options.
• Start times: every 30 minutes for 24 hours.
• Time zone: All zones.
• Each backup profile can get a personalised name for easy recognition.

DATA BASE BACKUP OPTIONS:

• Data Bases that can be backup up:
• MYSQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL, MongoDB.
• Connection data required: Host name, DB name, DB user, DB password.
• IP supplied for remote DB connection.
• Data Base retentions options: 1, 3, 7, 14, 21, 30.
• Data Base backup frequency options: 1/dy, once/wk, twice/wk, once/mnth, twice/mnth, on demand.
• Start times: every 30 minutes for 24 hours.
• Time zone: All zones.
• Each DB backup profile can get a personalised name for easy recognition.

POST BACK UP OPTIONS

• Edit connection
• Edit schedule
• Backup history
• Download files/DB
• Restore files / DB
• Initiate backup
• Delete

OTHER FACILITIES

• Website blacklist monitor
• Website uptime monitor