Borg Backup Server Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy Borg Backup Server hosting and manage BorgBackup for all your machines from one dashboard on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned Borg Backup Server 2.98.8 image as a single container, generates the admin password, mounts the persistent bbs_data volume that holds the database and every repository, and publishes the dashboard over HTTPS while agents send encrypted backups over SSH.

Deploy your Borg Backup Server

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What is Borg Backup Server?

Borg Backup Server is a self-hosted web interface for BorgBackup. It runs on your server and manages backups from the machines you add as clients, covering scheduling, retention, restore and monitoring from one dashboard.

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
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Borg Backup Server

Centralise backups for a small fleet
Add each Linux, Mac or Windows machine as a client and see schedules, retention and recent runs in one place.
Limit the damage a compromised client can do
Use SSH append-only mode so agents can back up and restore but cannot delete or prune repositories.
Restore a single file without a full recovery
Browse an archive in the dashboard and restore files, or download the archive as .tar.gz.
Keep an offsite copy
Optionally sync repositories to S3 and get email and push alerts about the result.

Borg Backup Server Screenshots

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

Borg Backup Server vs Alternatives

BorgBackup command line: Borg Backup Server manages BorgBackup for you: scheduling, retention, restore and alerts sit in one web dashboard instead of per-machine scripts and cron jobs.
Backblaze: A hosted backup service. Borg Backup Server stores deduplicated, encrypted repositories on a server you own.
Veeam: A commercial backup platform. Borg Backup Server is open source and built around BorgBackup, with agents on each client.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if the server also runs 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. Borg Backup Server itself is licensed by its maintainers under MIT with a non-binding beer-ware addendum.

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Ready To Run Your Own Backup Server?

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.

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 after deployment?

Open the HTTPS URL from xCloud after first boot finishes, which takes two to three minutes. Sign in as admin with the generated password from the credentials panel, then change it on the profile page.

Do I need to open ports on my client machines?

No. Agents poll the server over HTTPS and send backups over SSH to the server, so the server does not connect into the clients.

What runs alongside Borg Backup Server?

Nothing separate. The single container bundles the web app, MariaDB, ClickHouse, sshd and cron, so there is no database or sidecar to manage.

Is the SSH port public?

Yes. The SSH endpoint is published as a raw TCP host port and is reachable from the internet, so restrict it with your firewall to your agent addresses where you can.

Why do my agents fail when the domain is behind Cloudflare?

Cloudflare's proxy does not carry the SSH port. If the domain sits behind the proxy, set Server Host / IP in Settings to the server IP.

What should I back up?

The whole bbs_data volume, including the APP_KEY value from the stable .env. It holds the database, every Borg repository and the SSH host keys. Without APP_KEY, stored SSH keys and S3 credentials cannot be decrypted.

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How much disk should I plan for?

Repositories live on the same volume as the application, so size the disk for two to three times the data you protect.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update Borg Backup Server?

No. The template pins Borg Backup Server 2.98.8 by immutable digest, the in-app upgrade is not supported on this template, and a redeploy returns to the pinned version. To upgrade, read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable tag and digest together. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

Have agent backups been tested end to end?

Not on this page's evidence. The verify run did not install the real agent or run an agent-initiated backup; it ran a Borg client over the published SSH port with a test key using the same forced command.

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

The template's baseline asks for 2 CPU cores, 2048 MB of RAM and 20 GB of disk; measured idle use in QA was about 290 MiB for the container. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, with real headroom above that baseline.

What survives a restart?

Clients, their SSH access and the Borg repositories and archives on the bbs_data volume survived an xCloud Restart in QA, verified by restoring a test file.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Borg Backup Server?

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