Automatic backup

[Maria Christoffersen]

I have want to configure automated backups for our Confluence data. I have been using this approach: https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-backups-138348.html

But I cannot find this option: 

1. Go to  > General Configuration > Backup administration. 

I have nothing called Backup administration. I have also checked on the user of my colleauge which is a system administrator and could not see it there either. I could only see Backup Manager. But it was not clear to me how to set up daily backup from that option. 

I want to set up daily backup of all our confluence data, so we can restore the data if anything get's lost.

[Nic Brough _Adaptavist_ · Accepted solution]

My guess is that you are on Cloud (I'm guessing that mostly from the tags you've chosen)

The doc you are reading is for Server/DC installations, not Cloud. 

Cloud backups are very different, and are not automated in the Cloud system - you have to trigger one manually and then download and store the resulting files yourself (although there are a number of scripts and programs out there that can automate this and do it regularly, it's not a confluence function)

[Maria Christoffersen]

Thanks. You are right, I am on Cloud. 

Does anyone know a way to set up this automatically?

[Nic Brough _Adaptavist_]

Yes, I've seen several clients work it out by hand, and eventually we got Atlassian to throw up a "begrudgingly recommended" method over at https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/how-to-automate-backups-for-jira-cloud-applications-779160659.html