Delete Backup in S3 like FileMaker deletes backup locally

OttoFMS
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I think it would be very nice to be able to manage the backups offsite like filemaker does.

If I have a filemaker schedule that saves 5 copies it would be nice that the same 5 copies are kept in the S3.

It would simplify management of the backups. However I don’t know it would handle external containers

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Hey Marco,

We’ve talked about OttoFMS managing the retention policy for S3 before and determined that OttoFMS is not the right place to manage that policy. There are a number of tools built specifically for managing lifetimes in S3 locations (including Ottomatic object storage!).

See the conversation on this at the end of this post

-Kyle

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I understand. I didn’t know about that conversation.

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No worries!! Its not a bad idea to rehash things every now and then to see if something has changed

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You can write a FileMaker file that queries your S3 endpoint, then lets you select files and deletes them, it’s just URL calls
I store on Wasabi and delete things before the 60day minimum retention so that storage does not grow exponentially (and cost)

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That is really good idea. Thanks.

I will try with shell scripts, so it is controlled by the system