Backupery for Slack — Automated, Secure Slack Backups Explained

Backupery for Slack: Step-by-Step Guide to Settingting Up Your BackupsNote: I noticed a small typo in the title you provided (“Settingting”). I used the corrected form “Setting” below. If you want the original spelling reproduced exactly, tell me and I’ll update it.

Backupery for Slack is a third-party backup tool designed to help teams export and preserve Slack workspace data — messages, files, channels, and more — so you can meet compliance requirements, recover lost data, or maintain internal records. This guide walks you through everything from planning your backup strategy to scheduling automated exports, restoring data, and maintaining a secure, reliable backup process.

Why back up Slack?

Backing up Slack protects your organization from:

Accidental deletion of messages, files, or channels
Employee departures or role changes that remove access to important conversations
Compliance and e-discovery requirements for regulated industries
Data loss due to outages, integrations, or misconfigurations

Backupery for Slack helps by automating exports, giving you control over what’s archived and where it’s stored.

What Backupery for Slack can back up

Backupery generally supports:

Public channel messages and history
Private channel and direct message history (subject to Slack export permissions and plan limitations)
Files uploaded to Slack (attachments, images, documents)
Channel and user metadata (names, timestamps, membership lists)

Check your Slack plan and workspace admin permissions — access to private messages and DMs requires either Slack’s Corporate Export (for certain plans) or explicit admin authorization.

Pre-setup checklist

Before installing Backupery for Slack, prepare the following:

Admin access to the Slack workspace (or coordinate with an admin).
A clear backup policy: which channels, date ranges, frequency, and retention length.
Storage destination credentials (local server, SFTP, AWS S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.).
An account with Backupery and any required licensing.
Knowledge of compliance/regulatory requirements for retention and encryption.
A secure place to store API keys and service account credentials (password manager or secret store).

Step 1 — Create an account and obtain Backupery

Visit the Backupery website and sign up for an account or download the Backupery for Slack application, depending on whether it’s a SaaS or on-premise product.
Choose the plan that matches your Slack workspace size and feature needs (automated scheduling, advanced retention, team support).
Verify your email and log in to the Backupery dashboard.

Step 2 — Connect Backupery to Slack

From the Backupery dashboard, select “Add Workspace” or “Connect Slack.”
You’ll be redirected to Slack to authorize the app. Sign in as a Slack admin.
Review requested OAuth scopes carefully. Common scopes include reading messages, reading files, and accessing channel lists. Approve the permissions if they match your requirements.
- If your workspace contains private channels or DMs you need to back up, ensure your Slack plan and export permissions allow it (Corporate Export or equivalent).
Once authorized, Backupery will list the connected Slack workspace in its interface.

Step 3 — Configure backup settings

Choose what to back up and how:

Select channels and conversation types:
- Public channels (default).
- Private channels & DMs (if permitted).
- Archived channels (include if you want historical content).
Set date range: full history, last X days, or custom date ranges.
File handling:
- Include/exclude files.
- Save files in original format or as links.
Format of exported data:
- JSON (for machine-readable exports), HTML (easy human-readable archives), or CSV (for spreadsheets).
Retention policy:
- How long to keep backups before deletion or archival.
Encryption:
- Enable at-rest encryption for stored backups and end-to-end encryption if supported.
Notifications:
- Set email or Slack notifications for backup success/failure.

Step 4 — Select storage destination

Backupery usually supports multiple destinations. Configure one or more:

Local disk or network share (SMB/NFS) — provide path, access credentials.
SFTP — host, port, username, private key or password.
Cloud storage:
- AWS S3 — bucket name, region, access key & secret (use limited-permission IAM user).
- Google Cloud Storage — service account JSON.
- Dropbox/Google Drive — OAuth authorize the account.
Email or other archival services — configure per provider’s settings.

Test the connection to ensure Backupery can write to the destination. Use a dedicated backup bucket/folder and enable lifecycle rules at the storage provider to manage costs.

Step 5 — Schedule backups

Decide on frequency based on how active your Slack workspace is and compliance needs:

Real-time or near-real-time (if supported) for critical workspaces.
Daily incremental backups plus weekly full backups (common best practice).
Weekly or monthly for low-activity groups.

In Backupery’s scheduler:

Create a job and choose incremental vs full backup.
Define time windows (off-peak hours recommended).
Set retry behavior and concurrency limits.
Enable notifications for failures and summary reports.

Step 6 — Run an initial backup and validate

Start a manual full backup to capture the current workspace state.
Monitor logs for errors (authorization, rate limits, file transfer issues).
Validate backup integrity:
- Open exported messages in HTML/JSON to confirm readability.
- Download a few backed-up files and compare checksums with originals.
- Confirm channel lists and membership match Slack.
Fix any permission or storage issues uncovered.

Step 7 — Restore and export workflows

Understand Backupery’s restore and export options:

Export formats (JSON/HTML/CSV) for legal or audit requests.
Restore to a new workspace or local archive (note: reimporting messages back into Slack is often limited by Slack APIs).
Use exports for e-discovery — export specific date ranges, users, or channels.
For large-scale recovery, plan stepwise restores and test them in a sandbox workspace.

Step 8 — Monitor, audit, and maintain

Ongoing maintenance tasks:

Monitor scheduled job success rates and storage growth.
Rotate encryption keys and rotate IAM credentials for cloud storage periodically.
Audit who has access to backups in Backupery and storage destinations.
Review retention policies quarterly to stay compliant and control costs.
Keep Backupery software and connectors updated.

Troubleshooting common issues

Authorization errors: re-authorize the Slack app and ensure admin permissions.
API rate limits: stagger job schedules or use incremental backups.
Missing private messages: verify Slack plan supports export of private data and that Backupery was authorized appropriately.
Storage write failures: check credentials, bucket/folder permissions, and storage quotas.

Security and compliance considerations

Use least-privilege credentials for storage (restrict S3 IAM policies, limit SFTP accounts).
Encrypt backups at rest and in transit.
Maintain an access log for backup downloads and restores.
If handling regulated data, document backup processes for audits and ensure legal holds are respected.

Example backup schedule (recommended)

Daily incremental backup at 02:00 AM (captures new messages/files).
Weekly full backup Sunday 03:00 AM.
Monthly archival snapshot retained for 7 years (if required by policy).

Conclusion

A reliable Slack backup strategy with Backupery involves planning, secure configuration, validation, and ongoing monitoring. Start with a full manual backup, automate incremental jobs, verify integrity regularly, and enforce strict access and retention policies. If you want, I can convert this into a shorter checklist, a printed step-by-step QuickStart, or add specific commands/config samples for AWS S3 or SFTP configuration.