backup to dropbox quarantine?

[adam tracksler]

Trying to add an extra layer of security to my WP installs, so I planned to use the backup to dropbox plugin. Each time it runs, it gets quarantined….
Is there a way around this? I would really like to have an offite backup for my own peace of mind…
Thanks, ad

[AITpro Admin]

Looking at the help info for this plugin in the WP Plugin Repository the plugin allows you to schedule and create automated Cron backups to either your website folders or to a Dropbox account.  AutoRestore has several different options for excluding files from being checked by AutoRestore.

Source:  http://www.ait-pro.com/aitpro-blog/4204/bulletproof-security-pro/arq-infinity-guide-full-website-autorestore-and-full-website-quarantine/

ARQ Infinity – AutoRestore/Quarantine is a very powerful feature in BulletProof Security Pro and nothing like it exists anywhere else because it is the first of its kind in website security.

ARQ Infinity monitors and protects all your WordPress website files. ARQ Infinity also includes options to add additional website files that are non-WordPress files to the ARQ Infinity Cron check.

In other words, ARQ Infinity can monitor and protect all of your website files with autorestore and quarantine capabilities whether they are WordPress files or non-WordPress files. If your Host Server is hacked then ARQ Infinity will still protect your individual website by autorestoring and quarantining files automatically.

This guide will be formatted in more of a traditional guide format later on. For now there are a couple of important points that need to covered with specific examples. As usual the Read Me help buttons in BPS Pro contain extensive help information about each section / Core Component of BPS Pro. The Read Me help info for AutoRestore and Quarantine have been added to this Guide and you will find that Read Me help info below.

ARQ Infinity Calibration

When you first install BPS Pro you may need to exclude some files or folders from being checked by ARQ. 99.99% of your website files are static files and typically only 2 to 5 dynamic files and folders will need to excluded from being checked by ARQ Infinity. This BulletProof Security Pro video tutorial shows how to exclude static files that are dynamically updated, how to exclude a dynamic folder from being checked by ARQ, how to use the Quarantine Restore Files option and how to correctly turn Off ARQ when upgrading WordPress.BPS Pro AutoRestore/Quarantine Calibration Video Tutorial

The 3 Primary Website File Types Are:
1. Static Files – Most website files are static files that are not dynamically updated and will not change on a regular basis and should be monitored and protected by ARQ Infinity. 99.99% of your website files are static files and typically only 2 to 5 dynamic files and folders will need to excluded from being checked by ARQ Infinity.

2. Static Files That Are Dynamically Updated – Static files such as sitemap files are actually dynamic files because they are updated regularly and typically automatically updated. These types of files have a known specific file name that will not change. These particular types of files do not need to be monitored by ARQ Infinity and can be excluded from being checked by ARQ Infinity using the Add|Exclude Other Folders & Files options.

3. Dynamic Temp, Cache or Backup Files – Another type of dynamic files are temporary, cache or backup files (created by a backup plugin), which do not have a known specific file name because they are created / generated with random file names (typically with md5) or by adding a date to the filename (file backups). These types of files can be excluded from being checked by ARQ Infinity by excluding the temp, cache, backup or other folder name by going to the Exclude wp-content Folders tab page.

Exception: Handling Files With No File Extensions – If you have files that are not named with a file extension then in some cases these files will not be backed up using the Backup Files buttons (in most cases files without file extensions will be backed up by clicking the ARQ Backup Files buttons). If these files are dynamically updated and are being quarantined on a regular basis and you want to exclude them from being checked by the ARQ Cron then you will need to manually copy the files to the relative autorestore backup folder path. Example: A Root file named “no-file-extension” would need to be manually copied to the relative backup folder path of /wp-content/bps-backup/autorestore/root-files/no-file-extension. You can then use the Add / Exclude Static Files tool to exclude this file from being checked by ARQ. See the example below for excluding an individual file from being checked by ARQ.

Exclude wp-content Folders – Specific Examples and What to Do to Calibrate ARQ Infinity

Static files are files that have a known file name that will not be changed or generated randomly like cache or temp files. These files are also dynamic because they are updated regularly by a plugin or theme, but the name of the file will never change. Example: sitemap.xml.

NOTE: The Root website folder will typically contain both WordPress and non-WordPress files. ARQ has been designed to allow you to exclude any file in your Root folder, whether it is actually a WordPress or non-WordPress file.

Google XML Sitemaps Plugin: If you are using Google XML Sitemaps your sitemap files will be updated dynamically every time you create a new post or page. This will cause your sitemap files to be sent to Quarantine. To permanently tell ARQ Infinity not to check these dynamic files you would use Exclude Files tool on the AutoRestore/Quarantine – Add|Exclude Other Folders & Files page.

1. Choose the Exclude An Individual File option.
2. Add the path to your sitemap.xml file and click the Exclude button. Repeat the same steps to exclude the sitemap.xml.gz file. These files will no longer be checked by the ARQ Infinity Cron.
/home/content/xx/xxxxx/html/aitpro-blog/sitemap.xml
/home/content/xx/xxxxx/html/aitpro-blog/sitemap.xml.gz

3. Use the Quarantine Restore File option to restore your sitemap files. You can do this before or after excluding your sitemap files from being checked.

W3 Total Cache: You may need to do a one time Quarantine Restore File for the w3-total-cache-config.php file or depending on your W3TC configuration choices you may need to exclude this file permanently from being checked. This file is dynamic in that when you click the deploy button on the W3TC settings page it will generate a new config file. If this file is quarantined again after restoring it from Quarantine then follow the steps above to Exclude An Individual File so that this file will not be checked again by the ARQ Cron. Example path: /home/xxxxx/public_html/wp-content/w3-total-cache-config.php.

BPS Pro: There are a couple of .htaccess files included with BPS Pro that are dynamic that will be updated with your current IP address when performing certain actions. For example the Pro-Tools .htaccess file should be excluded from being checked by adding it to the Exclude Files tool on the AutoRestore/Quarantine – Add|Exclude Other Folders & Files page.

1. Choose the Exclude An Individual File option.
2. Add the path to your BPS Pro-Tools .htaccess file and click the Exclude button. This particular .htaccess file will no longer be checked by the ARQ Infinity Cron.
/home/content/xx/xxxxx/html/aitpro-blog/wp-content/plugins/bulletproof-security/admin/tools/.htaccess
3. Use the Quarantine Restore File option to restore your Pro-Tools .htaccess file. You can do this before or after excluding this particular .htaccess file from being checked.

Exclude Dynamic Folders – Temp/Cache – Specific Examples and What to Do to Calibrate ARQ Infinity

Examples of CORRECT Paths to Exclude: These folder paths are CORRECT because they are not full website paths to these folders and they do not contain /wp-content in the path and they do not start or end with forward slashes. If you have a backup plugin that is creating dynamically named backup files you can also use this option to exclude the backups folder from being checked.

CORRECT: plugins/example-plugin/captcha/temp
CORRECT: themes/example-theme/cache
CORRECT: example-plugins-backup-folder-name/backups (this is assuming that the example plugin’s backup folder is in the wp-content folder and it has a subfolder called “backups” inside of the “example-plugins-backup-folder-name” folder.

Steps To Excluding Dynamic Folders From Being Checked by ARQ Infinity
1. Enter the folder path that you want to exclude in one of the Excluded Temp/Cache Folder Path empty text boxes.
2. Enter a Label or Description.
3. Click the 1. Save To DB button.
4. Click the 2. Create Filter button.5. Click the 3. Exclude Folders Now button.

NOTE: If you are not seeing the new Exclude wp-content Folders feature in AutoRestore then you do not have the latest BPS Pro version installed – 5.1.8.3. To force a BPS Pro plugin update check. Go to your WordPress Plugins main page, refresh your Browser, then click on the WordPress Dashboard link and you should now see a new BPS Pro version available (only if a new version is available). Normally plugin update checks are done twice daily by WordPress.

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