Backup your Joomla 4 website to Google Drive using Akeeba Backup

How to backup your Joomla 4 website to Google Drive using Akeeba Backup. Install Akeeba Backup and configure post processing to upload website backups to Google Drive.

1. Install Akeeba Backup

Download Akeeba Backup

Download Akeeba Backup for Joomla 4
https://www.akeeba.com/download.html

Install Akeeba Backup

Logon to the Joomla website Administrator backend

https://yourdomain.com/administrator

System - Install - Extensions

Browse for file

Select the Akeeba backup.zip file - open

2. Enter Akeeba Download ID

You need to enter your Akeeba download ID to get updates and to enable Akeeba Backup Pro features

Get your download ID from your account page on the Akeeba website
https://www.akeeba.com

System - Update - Update Sites

Akeeba Backup

Enter your download key - save and close

3. Upload website backups to Google Drive

Edit the Akeeba Backup profile and configure post processing to upload website backups to Google Drive

Akeeba Backup - Profile Configuration

Post-processing engine: Upload to Google Drive
Authentication - Start here

Sign into your Google account

Allow Akeeba Backup to access your Google Account 

Copy the access token and refresh token

Enter the Google drive folder where backups will be uploaded
Directory: /Backups/websites/yourdomain.com

Enter the Google Drive access token and refresh token

Save & Close

Under Manage Backups you will see that backups are stored remotely in Google Drive

Schedule automatic Joomla website backups

Akeeba Backup - Schedule automatic website backups using cron
How to schedule automatic Joomla 4 website backups with Akeeba Backup using a cron job

Troubleshooting Akeeba Backup for Joomla

SOLVED: Akeeba Backup - Your server does not support encryption of your configuration settings
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