Microsoft OneDrive Personal
Use your personal Microsoft OneDrive account to store GitHub repository backups with Cloudback, utilizing the secure OneDrive App Folder for private storage.
About Microsoft OneDrive
OneDrive is the cloud storage service that Microsoft offers to store all your files securely in one place, which you can then access from virtually anywhere.
Set up Microsoft OneDrive Business
To set up Google Cloud Storage as a storage for your backups, follow the steps below.
Create a new OneDrive Personal storage
Open the Cloudback Dashboard
Navigate to the
Storagespage by clicking on theStorageslink in the left-side navigation paneClick on the
+ New storagebutton:
Type a storage name in the
Storage namefield. Use a name that will help you identify this storage in the future.Select
OneDrive Personalfrom a Storage Provider dropdown:
Set up storage settings
Choose the settings for the storage:
Deduplication type - enable or disable data deduplication. For more details, please refer to the Deduplication documentation
Archive type - enable or disable archive password protection. For more details, please refer to the Password-Protected Backups documentation
Archive name pattern - configure the archive name pattern, which is used to generate the name of the backup archive. For more details, please refer to the Archive Name Pattern documentation
Check your OneDrive Personal account
Ensure you have access to the OneDrive Personal account you want to use for storing backups. If you don't have an account, you can create one on the Microsoft OneDrive website. You can find instructions on how to create a new account in the Microsoft OneDrive documentation.
Allow access to OneDrive App Folder
To upload backups to OneDrive Personal, you need to allow access to the OneDrive App Folder. The App Folder is a dedicated, special folder for your app. It's a private folder that only your app can access. You can find more information on how to allow access to the OneDrive App Folder in the Microsoft OneDrive documentation.
Click on the Grant permission button to grant Cloudback access to the OneDrive App Folder.
Save storage
Click on Save button to save the new storage. You can also use a Test button to check if the storage is configured correctly. After saving the storage, you can use it for storing backups of your repositories.
All storage settings can be changed later in the Storages page. To edit the storage settings, click on the Edit button next to the storage you want to edit.
Change the storage for a repository
You can change the storage for a particular repository in the Repository Details page. Also, you can assign it to multiple repositories through the Bulk Operations.
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