# Automated AWS S3 / Azure / Google to local MinIO object backup: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Google Cloud Storage and S3. 13 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automated-aws-s3-azure-google-to-local-minio-object-backup (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Scheduling](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Scheduling#library)

# Automated AWS S3 / Azure / Google to local MinIO object backup

Started by a clock, and works across Google Cloud Storage and S3. 13 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**13 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 3 Service 9

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **BLOB Listing** Azure Storage *Service*
- 3 **Object Listing** Google Cloud Storage *Service*
- 4 **List Objects** Aws S3 *Service*
- 5 **Path extraction** Split Out *Logic*
- 6 **Path extraction1** Split Out *Logic*
- 7 **Path Extraction** Split Out *Logic*
- 8 **BLOB Download** Azure Storage *Service*
- 9 **Download Objects Data** Google Cloud Storage *Service*
- 10 **Download Objects** Aws S3 *Service*
- 11 **MinIO BLOB Upload** S3 *Service*
- 12 **Upload on MinIO** S3 *Service*
- 13 **Upload Objects to MinIO** S3 *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 13
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Cloud Storage, S3
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Cloud Storage and S3 accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 13 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 13 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomated-aws-s3-azure-google-to-local-minio-object-backup)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Google Cloud Storage](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Cloud+Storage#library)[S3](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=S3#library)

## Workflows like it

Also scheduling, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

- [**Scheduled FTP/SFTP to MinIO backup with S3** 5 steps · FTP, S3](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/scheduled-ftp-sftp-to-minio-backup-with-s3)
- [**Schedule motivational YouTube Shorts with Google Drive** 22 steps · calls a model · Airtable, Google Cloud Storage](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/schedule-motivational-youtube-shorts-with-google-drive)