Backup 3CX to Google Drive, Dropbox and SharePoint

Since 3CX’s 16 Update 4 Alpha SFTP has been available for secure backups. The downside to SFTP is that it is often limited to be a local file server that is not resilient, scalable and is costly.

Configuring 3CX to backup to the likes of OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, AWS S3, Azure Blob, etc. is a simple task that takes less than two minutes. You can also back up into Team Drives or SharePoint sites.

Configure your storage endpoint

1. Register an account with Couchdrop
2. Once registered with Couchdrop, navigate to Couchdrop Portal to set up your storage endpoint.
3. Setup your cloud storage endpoint — see here for how to configure your desired provider, the example below is for Dropbox

Google Drive configured for SFTP

For 3CX , disable Async uploads

• Navigate to Couchdrop settings
• Uncheck Async SFTP uploads

Uncheck Async SFTP Uploads

• Save Settings

Configure 3CX SFTP Backups

Set the parameters to be:

• SFTP — SSH File Transfer
• sftp://sftp.couchdrop.io/
• Couchdrop username
• Couchdrop password or your RSA Key for authentication

You now have a secure, easy way to backup your 3CX to your desired cloud storage!

For more information on Couchdrop head to couchdrop.io