Backblaze is a popular, cloud-based, backup service.
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Upload files to Backblaze B2 with SFTP or FTPS or SCP?
We have a Backblaze B2 business account, and from my understanding it should be possible to upload files using SFTP. Or alternatively FTPS or SCP would also be fine (I just want to be able to upload/backup files from a scripted process).
However I…
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How can I prevent Backblaze from rescanning my disks before it finishes uploading the files it queued for upload during the last disk scan?
I have a fair amount of data in my disks to back up to Backblaze. Backblaze first scans my disks, starts uploading for a few hours or days, then at some point decides to rescans my disks, which takes many hours. I don't want that: I want Backblaze…
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How can I prevent Backblaze from frequently (every few days) reuploading my entire external hard drives?
It seems that Backblaze is frequently (every few days) reuploading my entire external hard drives. Backblaze already has the files on its server, so it's only scanning my entire external hard drives, get some checksum of each file, compare against…
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When serving a static webpage with backblaze-b2 and cloudflare, how to get domain to appear instead of bucket origin?
I am following backblaze's instructions to serve a static webpage through cloudflare.
Part of this involves creating a cloudflare 'page rule' which directs from the domain to the backblaze bucket, for example the forwarding rule:
example.com ->…
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Connection refused when generating a Let's Encrypt certificate for a subdomain
I'm trying to add a subdomain to my Let's Encrypt certificate but it's giving Connection refused.
The command I ran was sudo certbot --expand -d sub.domain.com
Certbot failed to authenticate some domains (authenticator: apache). The Certificate…
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(How) can I use BackBlaze to synch a few key data files between Windows & Android?
Can I install the BackBlaze client on both Windows and Android, and then synch files, no matter which device updates them?
I am thinking of only a very few key data files, such as my Keepass password data file, a To-Do list, etc.
If so, would I have…
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How to get favicon to work with backblaze-b2?
I've created a static webpage hosted in a backblaze-b2 bucket.
I've put my favicon.ico file in the root of that bucket, and even tried including the following html in my page:
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Why don't I see some of the backed up hard drives on backblaze.com?
I am looking at some Backblaze account with the 1-Year Version History option activated over 1 year ago. The Backblaze Windows client indicates that at least one file from external hard drives with letters H, I, J, L was uploaded less than 1 year…
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Why isn't my External Hard Drive getting backed up by Backblaze?
My External Hard Drive (8 TB Seagate External Hard Drive mounted as disk letter F) isn't backed up. by Backblaze? See demo below. Why isn't it getting backed up?
I read…
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If I enable the BitLocker device encryption on my disk, will it prevent Backblaze from backing up the disk?
I use Windows 10 and Windows 11 24H2. I use Backblaze on it. If I enable the BitLocker device encryption on my disk, will it prevent Backblaze from backing up the disk?
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What does Backblaze classify as financial information?
Under Settings->Reports, some files are classified as financial information. What does Backblaze classify as financial information?
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