Borg Backup Server Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Borg Backup Server hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted backup management server for BorgBackup, with one dashboard for all your machines. Deploy Borg Backup Server from the OneClick catalog and xCloud starts the pinned single container, generates the admin password and encryption key, mounts the bbs_data volume, publishes the dashboard over HTTPS and opens the SSH port your agents send backups to. You restrict that port with your own firewall.

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What is Borg Backup Server?

Borg Backup Server is a self-hosted web application for centrally managing BorgBackup across multiple endpoints, Linux, Mac and Windows. Its README says a lightweight agent polls the server for tasks over HTTPS, backs up over SSH to the server and reports progress, with scheduling, retention, file-level restore, S3 offsite sync and multi-user roles. Self-hosted Borg Backup Server is a self-hosted backup management server you run yourself. It is licensed under MIT.

On xCloud this template deploys Borg Backup Server 2.98.8 as the official image, pinned by digest, in a single container that runs Apache and PHP, MariaDB, ClickHouse, sshd and cron together. The bbs_data volume holds the databases, every Borg repository and the SSH host keys. The dashboard is on HTTPS, and the agent SSH port is published on all interfaces for your firewall to restrict.

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

A Borg backup server normally means a web app, a database, sshd, a domain, a certificate and repository storage before the first client is added. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Borg Backup Server from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in, because xCloud generates the credentials.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start the official Borg Backup Server image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container that runs Apache and PHP, MariaDB, ClickHouse, sshd and cron together, mount the bbs_data volume, generate the admin password, and publish the dashboard over HTTPS with the SSH endpoint on its own TCP port.
Step 03
Add A Client And Install The Agent
Wait two to three minutes for first boot, open your HTTPS URL and sign in as admin with the password from the credentials panel. Change that password on the profile page, add a client, and install the agent on each machine you want to back up.

Everything Borg Backup Server Does, On Your Own Server

Borg Backup Server runs in full here: a central dashboard for BorgBackup, with repositories stored on a volume you own.

One Dashboard For Many Machines
Manage BorgBackup for Linux, Mac and Windows clients from one web interface, with scheduling, retention policies and manual runs.
Agents Check In With The Server
Endpoints poll the server for tasks and send backups over SSH, so the server does not need SSH access into your machines.
SSH Append-Only Mode
Agents can back up and restore but cannot delete or prune repositories, which limits what a compromised client can do.
Restore From The Browser
Browse an archive and restore files at file level from the dashboard, or download an archive as .tar.gz.
Offsite Sync And Alerts
Optionally sync repositories to S3 and get email and push alerts when backups need attention.
Repositories On Your Volume
The database, SSH host keys and every Borg repository live on the persistent bbs_data volume, and the clients, SSH access and archives survived an xCloud Restart in QA.

Everything You Need To Run Your Backup Server 24/7

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

Borg Backup Server 2.98.8 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Admin password generated for you
Dashboard kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Borg Backup Server

Back up a fleet of servers to one place
A sysadmin installs the agent on each Linux, Mac or Windows machine, adds it as a client, and schedules backups with retention policies from one dashboard instead of cron jobs on every host.
Limit what a compromised client can delete
A security-minded admin relies on append-only SSH access, so agents can back up and restore but cannot delete or prune repositories on the server.
Restore single files from the browser
A support engineer browses an archive in the dashboard, restores one file at file level, or downloads a .tar.gz, without locking the Borg repository.
Mirror repositories to S3 offsite
An admin syncs repositories to S3-compatible storage for an offsite copy and gets email or push alerts when a job fails or a repository needs attention.

Borg Backup Server Screenshots

Borg Backup Server dashboard showing clients, running jobs, recovery points, backup summary and server health

Borg Backup Server vs Alternatives

Veeam: Veeam is a separate commercial backup product. Borg Backup Server manages file-level BorgBackup for Linux, Mac and Windows hosts through agents, so this page makes no replacement or comparison claim.
BorgWarehouse: BorgWarehouse is a separate project in the BorgBackup ecosystem. Borg Backup Server, per its README, runs agents that poll for tasks, with scheduling, retention policies and browser restore from one dashboard.
Borg UI: Borg UI is another separate web interface for BorgBackup. Borg Backup Server centralises many machines through agents and keeps every repository on one volume.
Backrest: Backrest is a separate backup web UI with its own OneClick page, built around restic. Choose this template when you specifically want BorgBackup with agents and a central dashboard.
Kopia: Kopia is a separate backup tool with its own OneClick page and its own repository format. This template runs BorgBackup repositories on one volume behind a central dashboard.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

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More headroom if the server also runs other tools.

$59.99per month

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6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
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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. Borg Backup Server itself is licensed by its maintainers under MIT with a non-binding beer-ware addendum.

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

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

Is Borg Backup Server free?

Yes. Borg Backup Server is MIT-licensed open source, and its licence file at the pinned v2.98.8 tag is linked on this page. xCloud bills for the Cloud VPS under it, not for the software, and there is no per-client fee from the project. Your backups use the disk of the server, so size it for the data.

Can you run Borg Backup Server with Docker?

Yes, and this Borg Backup Server Docker hosting template does it for you: the official marcpope/borgbackupserver image, pinned by digest, runs as one container on your own server, not in a Borg Backup Server cloud account. Upstream does not support splitting its services into separate containers.

How much RAM does Borg Backup Server need?

The template manifest asks for 2048 MB of RAM, 2 CPU cores and 20 GB of disk as a floor. Upstream recommends 2 GB as a floor and 4 to 8 GB for concurrent jobs and large repositories, and disk of two to three times the data you protect. This page sells the 6 GB tier.

How do backup agents connect to Borg Backup Server?

Agents contact your HTTPS address for tasks and send Borg data over SSH to the server IP on the published SSH port shown in the credentials panel. Add a client in the dashboard, then install the agent on the machine. If the domain is behind the Cloudflare proxy, set the server host to the IP.

Should the Borg Backup Server SSH port be public?

It is reachable from the internet, because the port is bound on all interfaces so agents can connect. Restrict it with your firewall to your agent addresses where possible. Upstream's append-only SSH mode stops agents deleting or pruning, but that is not a reason to leave the port open to everyone.

Does Borg Backup Server support S3 offsite copies?

Yes. Upstream's README lists S3 offsite sync to S3-compatible storage such as AWS, Wasabi and Backblaze B2, plus wizards for BorgBase, Hetzner and rsync.net. On this template S3, SMTP, push notifications and OIDC are configured in the app's Settings, not through environment variables.

How do I back up Borg Backup Server itself?

Include the whole bbs_data volume in your backup: it holds the MariaDB and ClickHouse data, every Borg repository, the SSH host keys and the persisted configuration. Keep APP_KEY too, because it decrypts the stored SSH keys and S3 credentials. Store a copy off the server and test a restore.

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How do I upgrade Borg Backup Server?

Do not use the in-app upgrade: the image is pinned to 2.98.8 and its digest, application files live in the image, and a redeploy returns to the pinned version. When xCloud publishes a newer template version, back up bbs_data and APP_KEY, read the upstream release notes, then adopt that template version.

What is the difference between Borg Backup Server and BorgWarehouse?

They are separate projects. Borg Backup Server, per its README, pairs a central dashboard with agents that poll the server for tasks, plus scheduling, retention policies, file-level restore and S3 offsite sync. This page makes no claim about what BorgWarehouse does or lacks.

How do I sign in the first time?

Use admin and the generated password from the credentials panel after the first boot, which creates the databases, applies migrations and starts ClickHouse and takes two to three minutes. Change the password on the profile page, because editing ADMIN_PASS in the environment later changes nothing.

Did xCloud verify full agent backups?

Not end to end. The verification ran a Borg client over the published SSH port with a test key, not the real agent or an agent-initiated backup, so this page claims no verified agent workflow. Test the agent on a non-critical machine and run a restore before relying on it.

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.