Google Drive Authenticate don't work.

Hi theoo13,

Google Drive is the most tricky to set up. There’s some help here: https://updraftplus.com/faq-category/google-drive/

Failing that, you could buy a support package and get someone else to set it up for you: https://updraftplus.com/shop/get-support/

Failing that, try Dropbox – it’s almost zero-setup.

David

Hi @theoo13, I agree with @david. Dropbox is so simple even a novice could set it up and their support is great and so are their rates if you want to purchase more space.

Kind regards

I was hoping to use GoogleDrive as I can create my own subfolders but Im getting the dam authentication error 95% of the time so my question is… IF I were to use DropBox instead, and I have 3 different websites going into the UpdraftPlus directory on Dropbox, will each site know which files exactly to pull from this folder containing multiple sites?

Hi metrosperstar,

Google Drive can’t work from localhost – see the second paragraph of the instructions: https://updraftplus.com/support/configuring-google-drive-api-access-in-updraftplus/

Note: The Google Drive authentication procedure requires that your website has a publicly reachable address (i.e. the https://etc… link can be reached from the Internet). Therefore, it does not work for websites on local development machines that are not reachable from the Internet. (Use Dropbox, Amazon S3, Rackspace Cloud Files, DreamObjects, FTP, SFTP or WebDAV instead).

Yes, each UD install knows which backups are its own. But see also: https://updraftplus.com/shop/dropbox-folders/

Best wishes,
David