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Comet Backup

Comet Backup is a self-hosted backup platform popular with MSPs. It supports S3-compatible storage as a backup destination.

Configure a Storage Vault

In the Comet Server admin UI:

  1. Settings → Storage.
  2. Add a new storage location with type S3 compatible.
  3. Fill in:
FieldValue
Endpointhttps://s3.filebase.io
BucketYour Filebase bucket
Access keyYour Filebase access key
Secret keyYour Filebase secret key
Regionauto
Path-style URLs

Per-user Storage Vaults

In each user's profile, create a Storage Vault that points at the configured Filebase storage location. Comet writes that user's backup chunks to a prefix within the bucket.

Encryption

Comet does client-side encryption by default. Make sure each user has a strong Storage Vault password — it's the encryption key.

Bandwidth

Free egress on Filebase makes Comet restores cheap, which matters for MSPs running many client environments.

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