Encrypted Cloud Backups: Protect Your Server Config with S3-Compatible Storage

Your VPS configuration is the product of hours of work. Server settings, Docker stacks, domain configurations, database credentials, cron jobs, alert rules—it's all there. If your laptop dies, your hard drive fails, or you accidentally delete your Server Compass data, how do you get it back?

Server Compass v1.13.0 introduces cloud backups to any S3-compatible storage provider with military-grade encryption. Your data is encrypted before it ever leaves your computer.

9 Cloud Storage Providers Supported

Connect to the storage provider you already use:

• Amazon S3 — the industry standard
• Backblaze B2 — cheapest per-GB storage
• Wasabi — S3-compatible with no egress fees
• Cloudflare R2 — zero egress fees
• DigitalOcean Spaces
• Vultr Object Storage
• Hetzner Object Storage
• MinIO — self-hosted S3-compatible storage

AES-256-GCM Encryption

Every backup is encrypted with AES-256-GCM on your machine before uploading. The encryption key is derived from a passphrase that's stored in your operating system's keychain (macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager, or Linux Secret Service). The cloud provider never sees your unencrypted data.

Scheduled Automatic Backups

Set it and forget it. Schedule backups hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly. Combined with a retention policy that automatically deletes old backups, you get continuous protection without manual effort or unbounded storage costs.

Preview Before You Restore

Before restoring a backup, preview exactly what's inside—which servers, how many apps, which domains. Then choose to restore everything or selectively pick what you need. You can also download backups as .scbackup files for local archiving.

What Gets Backed Up

• Server connections and SSH credentials
• App configurations and Docker stack definitions
• Domain mappings and SSL settings
• Environment variables and secrets
• Cron job configurations
• Alert rules and monitoring settings

Never Lose Your Server Config Again

Cloud backups work with any S3-compatible provider. Connect your storage, set a passphrase, enable scheduling. Download Server Compass and protect your infrastructure configuration today.