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+# Cloud Backup
+Backup and archive ordinary files and folders to Google Cloud, AWS or Azure.
+
+## Get started
+This program requires Python 3.6 or newer with PIP.
+
+1. **Clone this repo**
+```
+git clone https://github.com/VictorWesterlund/cloud-backup
+```
+
+2. **Install dependencies**
+```
+python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+3. **Copy environment variables file**
+```
+cp .env.example .env
+```
+
+4. **Edit environment variables**
+Open `.env` with your text editor of choice and fill out these required variables
+```bash
+# Path to the local folder to back up
+SOURCE_FOLDER=
+# Name of the remote bucket (destination)
+TARGET_BUCKET=
+
+# Cloud provider (gcs, s3, azure)
+SERVICE_NAME=
+# Path to service account key file
+SERVICE_KEY=
+```
+
+5. **Run backup script**
+```
+python3 backup.py
+```
+
+Second-level files and folders should now start uploading to your destination bucket as zip archives.
+Subsequent runs of the `backup.py` script will only upload changed files and folders.
+In-fact; modified state is cached locally and doesn't request anything from your cloud provider.