Enable automatic backups (video tutorial)
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Overview
One very useful feature of Cloudinary’s service is its ability to back up your files, such as images and videos. This includes revisions of your existing assets, as well as deleted files that you can restore.
Video tutorial
Tutorial contents
This tutorial presents the following topics. Click a timestamp to jump to that part of the video.
Understand the purpose of automatic backups
Cloudinary handles the backup process by copying each original file to a secondary write-protected location. |
Enable automatic backups via the Cloudinary console
Log into your Cloudinary console, then follow the steps to start setting up the account backups. |
Use Amazon S3 or Google Cloud Storage for backups
Instead of Cloudinary’s own write-protected location for backup storage, you can set up your own cloud storage bucket to store your backup files. We support backups through Amazon Simple Storage Service (e.g. Amazon S3) and Google Cloud Storage. |
Test your enabled backup processes
Once you have set up your Automatic Backup feature, your selected asset in the Media Library should have a new View backed up versions button. |
Keep learning
Related topics
- Review our associated tutorials on backups, finding revisions of your existing assets and restoring deleted files.
- Read our full documentation on backups and version management.
- Learn how to properly handle backups in our Fundamentals for Developers course.
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