The instructions below are designed to assist in backing up your Box Enterprise or Box Business, particularly in situations where data ownership is spread across different Box users. However, if your data is all consolidated and owned by an admin Box account, please refer to the support note IT Admin: How to backup Box admin […]
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Box: FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Read More →IT Admin: How to backup Box team folder (i.e. admin account) to Amazon S3 (Glacier or Deep Archive)
Using cloudHQ, you can easily backup an admin Box account to Amazon S3 or any cloud storage platform in real-time. For example, if any changes are made to your Box files or folder, cloudHQ will automatically archive these modifications and store them in your cloud storage, effectively maintaining a cloud-based version of the popular Apple Time Machine backup feature.
IT Admin: How to install cloudHQ to your Box Business or Box Enterprise
If you are an admin for your company’s Box Business/Enterprise installation, then you can set up real-time backup or sync for any of your company’s Box accounts. Note that once you’ve connected your Box accounts, you can also replicate sharing metadata. Here’s how to install cloudHQ to your Box Business or Box Enterprise installation. Box […]
How to prepare Amazon S3 for backup or sync
– Create Amazon S3 bucket for sync and backup
– Create an Amazon AWS AIM user
– Optionally, you can set up Amazon S3 to Amazon Glacier archiving rules
– Add Amazon S3 account to cloudHQ
How to create Amazon IAM user for cloudHQ sync / backup to Amazon S3
Here are instructions for how to create an Amazon IAM user: Create a user in Amazon IAM: Save your credentials. You will need to enter these credentials in cloudHQ. Attach policy “AmazonS3FullAccess”: NOTE: If you already have a bucket and you want to limit cloudHQ to access only that bucket, you can apply the policy […]
How to enable cloudHQ (third-party application) in Box Enterprise / Box Business
Here are short instructions for how to enable cloudHQ or any third-party applications in Box Enterprise: Login to box.com as a Box administrator. Go to https://app.box.com/master/settings. Click on the Apps in left panel (app.box.com/master/settings/apps. Scroll down to Global App Setting and ensure that Disable published third party apps by default in not checked: If you […]