Backblaze hasn backed up in a long time and is reporting that it is offline. Why?
If Backblaze has not backed up in a long time and is reporting that it is offline, the most likely reason is that your firewall is blocking Backblaze. You may want to temporarily disable your firewall to see if Backblaze starts to backup again. There are instructions to temporarily disable popular firewalls on this page. 23. What are the restrictions on a private key? Backblaze allows you to specify a private encryption key for your backups. If you select this option, you will absolutely need this key to restore your data. If you lose this key, you will lose the data – so please keep it in a safe place. The private encryption key must contain 1-50 characters and no special characters such as tabs, return, delete or any control characters.
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