Enabling Backups (Backup in Server, AWS S3 & DropBox)

By default, backup is not enabled for every user of the POS application. To enable backup follow these steps:

1. IMPORTANT: For the backup to work ziparchive must be enabled in the server PHP
2. Log in with superadmin user for which backup is enabled. Now it will show an “Administrator Backup” menu in the left navigation menu. (How to add a superadmin user)
3. Go to Administrator Backup menu and click on  “Create New Backup“. A backup will be created & stored in your server or store in the configured server.
4. You can enable Dropbox or other servers as per the instruction below.

NOTE: For backup to work mysqldump must be enabled in your server.

Storing Backup in the same server where you have the application hosted can be dangerous, imagine what will happen if the server crashes? the backup will be lost.

So it is always advisable to store the backup in some external drive. Luckily DropBox & Amazon S3 is supported out-of-box with UltimatePOS.

(Recommended) Enabling Backup to Store in DropBox:

1. Open .env file.
2. Add  (or Edit if already present) a key BACKUP_DISK=”dropbox”
3. Add/Edit another key: DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN=””

Go get the DROPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN for Dropbox API here:

See the screenshot below for more details:

Enabling Backup to Store in AWS S3:

1. Open .env file.
2. Add  (or Edit if already present) a key BACKUP_DISK=”s3″
3. Also, add the below keys:
   1. AWS_KEY=””
   2. AWS_SECRET=””
   3. AWS_REGION=””
   4. AWS_BUCKET=””