I’ve just released the first version of s3Cinch, a script I wrote in PHP for archiving and backing up any file, folder or MySQL database to an Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) account.

It’s pretty easy to use and the requirements are basic. It’s hosted on Google Code so feel free to play around with it. More details and usage instructions etc can be found on it’s project page and Wiki.

s3Cinch on Google Code

There are a number of big features that I’ll be looking at implementing over the coming weeks so the script should be improving quite regularly.

Stephen.

Update: version 1.1

Added the ability to back up MySQL databases from remote servers.

Update: version 1.2

Added ability to control when backups are scheduled, either hourly, daily, weekly or monthly.
Added commenting to instruction files.