Backrest Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Backrest hosting and manage restic backups from a browser on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned Backrest 1.7.3 image, which bundles restic 0.17.3, as a single container with five persistent volumes and publishes the web UI over HTTPS — so you can create repositories, schedule backups and restore files without living in the command line.

Deploy your Backrest

No terminal
No technical skills needed
No lock-in, cancel anytime

What is Backrest?

Backrest is a web interface and scheduler for restic, the encrypted backup tool. It wraps the restic command line so you can create repositories, schedule backups and maintenance, browse snapshots and restore files from a browser.

Backups can go to any restic storage backend, including S3, B2, Azure, GCS and SFTP, as well as every rclone remote. The restic CLI stays available when you need it for advanced operations.

From Sign-Up to a Live Backrest In Just 3 Easy Steps

Running Backrest yourself means a container, persistent volumes, a reverse proxy, a domain and a certificate before the first backup plan. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Backrest from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start the official Backrest image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with five persistent volumes — backrest_data, backrest_config, backrest_cache, backrest_tmp and backrest_source — and publish the web UI on port 9898 only through xCloud-managed HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Secure It, Then Add A Repository
Open your HTTPS Backrest URL straight away. In the Settings dialog, set an instance ID, uncheck Disable Authentication, add an administrator user and save — before you share the URL. Then add a restic repository and create your first backup plan.

Everything Backrest Does, On Your Own Server

Backrest runs in full here: the restic web UI on your own domain, with its state on volumes you control.

Repositories And Snapshots
Create or import restic repositories, browse snapshots in a tree or list view and restore files from the browser.
Scheduled Backup Plans
Run backups on a cron schedule and trigger one on demand with Backup Now from the plan page.
Repository Maintenance
Schedule prune, check and forget operations, or run Prune Now and Check Now from the repository page.
Any restic Backend
Back up to S3, B2, Azure, GCS, SFTP or a local path, and to every rclone remote, or import an existing restic repository.
Notifications And Hooks
Send notifications to Discord, Slack, Shoutrrr, Gotify or Healthchecks, and run commands before and after a backup.
restic Underneath
Backrest wraps restic's encrypted backup engine, and the restic command line stays available for advanced operations.

Everything You Need To Run Your Backup Manager 24/7

Managed hosting for Backrest, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Backrest 1.7.3 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Persistent volumes for all state
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Backrest

Scheduled backups without cron scripts
Define a plan once, give it a cron schedule and let Backrest run it, with hooks that notify you when a backup fails.
Backups to storage you already pay for
Point plans at S3, B2, SFTP or another restic backend so copies live somewhere other than the server being backed up.
Browsing and restoring from snapshots
Find a file in a snapshot tree and restore it from the browser instead of assembling restic commands by hand.
One place for repository upkeep
Schedule prune, check and forget, and run them on demand, so retention and integrity checks do not depend on someone remembering.

Backrest Screenshots

A Backrest backup plan showing a snapshot in the tree view

A Backrest repository page with Prune Now, Check Now and Compute Stats actions

Backrest vs Alternatives

Duplicati: A self-hosted backup tool with its own browser dashboard and engine. Backrest keeps restic as the backup engine and adds a UI and scheduler on top of it.
restic command line: The engine Backrest wraps. Using restic alone means scheduling and monitoring through your own scripts; Backrest adds the web UI and scheduler.
Cron jobs and shell scripts: The usual do-it-yourself way to schedule restic. Backrest replaces them with backup plans, schedules, failure notifications and a snapshot browser.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Backrest hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom for backups of large file trees alongside other tools.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Backrest itself is licensed by its maintainers under GPL-3.0.

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Backrest on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

How do I sign in the first time?

There is no default password. On your first visit the Settings dialog opens: uncheck Disable Authentication, add an administrator user and save. After that, Backrest requires that login. Do this before sharing the URL, because until an administrator is saved anyone who reaches the URL can configure the instance.

Where can my backups go?

Any restic storage backend — S3, B2, Azure, GCS, SFTP or local — plus all rclone remotes. You can also import existing restic repositories.

What runs alongside Backrest?

Nothing — it is a single container, and restic is included.

Does it support notifications?

Yes. Backrest can notify Discord, Slack, Shoutrrr, Gotify and Healthchecks, and run commands before and after a backup.

What should I back up?

All five Backrest volumes together — backrest_data, backrest_config, backrest_cache, backrest_tmp and backrest_source — because the data volume holds the JWT secret, databases and restic state. Also keep each repository's password and backend credentials safely: without them a restic repository cannot be restored. Test a restore before relying on a backup set.

Backups in xCloud

Do plans protect me if the server is lost?

Only if they point at a remote restic backend. For off-server protection, use S3, B2, SFTP or another remote backend rather than only the local source volume.

What survives a restart?

Repositories, plans, snapshots and login sessions were all still present after an xCloud Restart in QA, because the state lives on persistent named volumes.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update Backrest?

No. The template pins Backrest v1.7.3 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release and existing sites are not automatically upgraded. To upgrade, read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable tag and the image digest together. v1.7.3 is behind upstream's latest release, so review newer notes first. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 6 GB?

The template's baseline asks for 1 CPU core, 1024 MB of RAM and 10 GB of disk; measured idle use in QA was about 8 to 17 MiB, and backups of large file trees use more. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, with real headroom above that baseline.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Backrest?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the Backrest project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source Backrest project.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.