Change backups folder outside magento root folder

Question

Im using magento and i want write script to automatically backup so i want store the outside the magento 2 root directory is it possible and how can i do it.

Answer 1

You can do outside Magento folder.

First create a plugin for Magento\Backup\Helper\Data of function getBackupsDir(). Then on afterGetBackupsDir changes the dir of backup.

Define plugin in di.xml

Define plugin at a app/code/{Vendor}/{Modulename}/di.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:ObjectManager/etc/config.xsd">
    <type name="Magento\Backup\Helper\Data">
        <plugin name="change_backup_dir" type="{VendorName}\{Modulename}\Plugin\DataBackupPlugin" sortOrder="1" />
    </type>
</config>

Plugin Class:

<?php
namespace {VendorName}\{Modulename}\Plugin;
class DataBackupPlugin
{
    public function afterGetBackupsDir(
        \Magento\Backup\Helper $subject,
        array  $result
    )
    {
        /* Should Use Absolulated path */
        /* Here  i have set my back directory is /var/www/ */
        return '/var/www/';

    }

}