# Forge: Custom Backup Providers

DevFeed: [Forge: Custom Backup Providers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/forge-custom-backup-providers-3652.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://laravel.com/blog/forge-custom-backup-providers>)

Author: James Brooks

Published: 2020-06-18T13:42:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Laravel Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/laravel-blog.md>)

Topics: [Amazon S3](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/amazon-s3.md>)

Tags: [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [feature](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/feature.md>), [s3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/s3.md>)

## AI overview

Laravel Forge now supports custom S3-compatible providers for database backups, including MinIO. Users configure the provider endpoint and bucket, then access completed backups from the host.

## Source excerpt

Forge now supports using a custom S3 compatible provider for your database backups. When using a custom provider, such as [MinIO](https://min.io), you must provide the endpoint and bucket for your S3...