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+<?php
+
+return [
+
+    'backup' => [
+
+        /*
+         * The name of this application. You can use this name to monitor
+         * the backups.
+         */
+        'name' => config('app.name'),
+
+        'source' => [
+
+            'files' => [
+
+                /*
+                 * The list of directories and files that will be included in the backup.
+                 */
+                'include' => [
+                    base_path(),
+                ],
+
+                /*
+                 * These directories and files will be excluded from the backup.
+                 *
+                 * Directories used by the backup process will automatically be excluded.
+                 */
+                'exclude' => [
+                    base_path('vendor'),
+                    base_path('node_modules'),
+                ],
+
+                /*
+                 * Determines if symlinks should be followed.
+                 */
+                'followLinks' => false,
+            ],
+
+            /*
+             * The names of the connections to the databases that should be backed up
+             * MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and Mongo databases are supported.
+             */
+            'databases' => [
+                'mysql',
+            ],
+        ],
+
+        /*
+         * The database dump can be gzipped to decrease diskspace usage.
+         */
+        'gzip_database_dump' => false,
+
+        'destination' => [
+
+            /*
+             * The filename prefix used for the backup zip file.
+             */
+            'filename_prefix' => '',
+
+            /*
+             * The disk names on which the backups will be stored.
+             */
+            'disks' => [
+                'local',
+            ],
+        ],
+
+        /*
+         * The directory where the temporary files will be stored.
+         */
+        'temporary_directory' => storage_path('app/backup-temp'),
+    ],
+
+    /*
+     * You can get notified when specific events occur. Out of the box you can use 'mail' and 'slack'.
+     * For Slack you need to install guzzlehttp/guzzle.
+     *
+     * You can also use your own notification classes, just make sure the class is named after one of
+     * the `Spatie\Backup\Events` classes.
+     */
+    'notifications' => [
+
+        'notifications' => [
+            \Spatie\Backup\Notifications\Notifications\BackupHasFailed::class         => ['mail'],
+            \Spatie\Backup\Notifications\Notifications\UnhealthyBackupWasFound::class => ['mail'],
+            \Spatie\Backup\Notifications\Notifications\CleanupHasFailed::class        => ['mail'],
+            \Spatie\Backup\Notifications\Notifications\BackupWasSuccessful::class     => ['mail'],
+            \Spatie\Backup\Notifications\Notifications\HealthyBackupWasFound::class   => ['mail'],
+            \Spatie\Backup\Notifications\Notifications\CleanupWasSuccessful::class    => ['mail'],
+        ],
+
+        /*
+         * Here you can specify the notifiable to which the notifications should be sent. The default
+         * notifiable will use the variables specified in this config file.
+         */
+        'notifiable' => \Spatie\Backup\Notifications\Notifiable::class,
+
+        'mail' => [
+            'to' => 'your@example.com',
+        ],
+
+        'slack' => [
+            'webhook_url' => '',
+
+            /*
+             * If this is set to null the default channel of the webhook will be used.
+             */
+            'channel' => null,
+
+            'username' => null,
+
+            'icon' => null,
+
+        ],
+    ],
+
+    /*
+     * Here you can specify which backups should be monitored.
+     * If a backup does not meet the specified requirements the
+     * UnHealthyBackupWasFound event will be fired.
+     */
+    'monitorBackups' => [
+        [
+            'name' => config('app.name'),
+            'disks' => ['local'],
+            'newestBackupsShouldNotBeOlderThanDays' => 1,
+            'storageUsedMayNotBeHigherThanMegabytes' => 5000,
+        ],
+
+        /*
+        [
+            'name' => 'name of the second app',
+            'disks' => ['local', 's3'],
+            'newestBackupsShouldNotBeOlderThanDays' => 1,
+            'storageUsedMayNotBeHigherThanMegabytes' => 5000,
+        ],
+        */
+    ],
+
+    'cleanup' => [
+        /*
+         * The strategy that will be used to cleanup old backups. The default strategy
+         * will keep all backups for a certain amount of days. After that period only
+         * a daily backup will be kept. After that period only weekly backups will
+         * be kept and so on.
+         *
+         * No matter how you configure it the default strategy will never
+         * delete the newest backup.
+         */
+        'strategy' => \Spatie\Backup\Tasks\Cleanup\Strategies\DefaultStrategy::class,
+
+        'defaultStrategy' => [
+
+            /*
+             * The number of days for which backups must be kept.
+             */
+            'keepAllBackupsForDays' => 7,
+
+            /*
+             * The number of days for which daily backups must be kept.
+             */
+            'keepDailyBackupsForDays' => 16,
+
+            /*
+             * The number of weeks for which one weekly backup must be kept.
+             */
+            'keepWeeklyBackupsForWeeks' => 8,
+
+            /*
+             * The number of months for which one monthly backup must be kept.
+             */
+            'keepMonthlyBackupsForMonths' => 4,
+
+            /*
+             * The number of years for which one yearly backup must be kept.
+             */
+            'keepYearlyBackupsForYears' => 2,
+
+            /*
+             * After cleaning up the backups remove the oldest backup until
+             * this amount of megabytes has been reached.
+             */
+            'deleteOldestBackupsWhenUsingMoreMegabytesThan' => 5000,
+        ],
+    ],
+];