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gkimball/backup2s3
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Backup files to S3

1.1(9y ago)019PHP

Since Feb 23Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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DESCRIPTION
===========

[](#description)

This script should backup the files in any directory, as well as X databases, and add them to a ZIP and shoot off to S3

\##AWS CONFIGURATION##

1. Create a USER (IAM)
2. Assign that user a IAM POLICY (below)
3. Create a Bucket for that users site.
4. Get the Users credentials and add to the Child class of Backup

Example Backup Policy
---------------------

[](#example-backup-policy)

**Create a user with the PutObject IAM policy**

The policy should look like this: (Where BUCKETNAME is the lowercase name of bucket)

```

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "s3:PutObject"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::BUCKETNAME/*”
        }
    ]
}

```

\##INSTALLATION ON SITE

1. clone this repo or `composer require "gkimball/backup2s3":"^1.0"`

\##USAGE

1. Create an entry point like "examples/backup.php" and configure credentials.
2. Add to a secure directory and run via CRON every month or so in the middle of the night.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~7 days

Total

2

Last Release

3407d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1467542?v=4)[Grant Kimball](/maintainers/yourlocalwebmaster)[@yourlocalwebmaster](https://github.com/yourlocalwebmaster)

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