Cloud Backup Approaches
October 17, 2020 · View on GitHub
In this repository I will endeavor to maintain up to date documentation regarding how to backup your (user) data from various commonly used cloud services providers.
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I am still searching for a tool that:
- Automatically exports all SaaS applications and sync them cloud-to-cloud to commonly supported object storage buckets (but especially Backblaze B2)
For my latest master backup strategy — covering both the cloud and the Linux desktop — please visit this repository.
If you have feedback or would like to contribute to the summaries, please be in touch.
*** Author:
Daniel Rosehill danielrosehill.co.il
Keywords: Data governance, user data exports, data portabiliity, SaaS, cloud
Summaries:
Services documented:
| Service | Methodology |
|---|---|
| Asana | Enterprise tier (paid) only |
| Cpanels | On-demand exports through native functionality |
| On-demand exports to archive; users can control contents | |
| Github | Repositories exported in .git format |
| GoodReads | Single file on-demand CSV export |
| Google / Gsuite | Google Takeouts automated export engine |
| Green Invoice | On-demand by document type |
| LastPass | Exports single PHP file |
| On-demand archives; users can control contents | |
| Mailchimp | On-demand exports to download archive |
| Medium | On-demand Zip archives but images locked in Medium CDN |
| Notion | On-demand per workspace archives in PDF, HTML or CSV + JSON |
| Quora | Data request via support. |
| Data request via support; honored within 30 days | |
| Todoist | Automatically generated snapshots but no enriched content (images/comment media) |
| Trello | On demand generation of a single JSON file |
| On demand generation of download archives containing all user data |
Services without native user data export functionalities
| Service | Notes |
|---|---|
| Cloudflare | cf-terraforming achieves similar functinality |
| Soundcloud | Uses have to download their own tracks one-by-one! |
Example service documentation: LinkedIn
