Portabase Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Portabase hosting on xCloud lets you deploy Portabase, an open-source tool for backing up and restoring database instances, as the control plane your agents report to. xCloud runs the pinned all-in-one container with its embedded PostgreSQL, generates the administrator password and application secrets, keeps archives and keys on a persistent volume and publishes the dashboard over HTTPS on your own domain, so agents can reach it from anywhere you run them.

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What is Portabase?

Portabase is an open-source database backup and restore tool that works with Portabase agents, designed to simplify backing up and restoring your database instances. Upstream lists PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, SQLite, Redis, Valkey, Firebird, Microsoft SQL Server and Docker volumes, with restore for every engine except Redis and Valkey. A self-hosted Portabase is a database backup control plane of your own, an alternative to managed backup services. It is licensed Apache-2.0.

On xCloud it is Portabase 1.30.2, the official image pinned by digest, as one all-in-one container with nginx, the Next.js dashboard, an upload service and an embedded PostgreSQL. The portabase_data volume holds the database, encryption keys and uploaded archives. Agents run on the machines you back up, and you point them at your HTTPS address.

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

A self-hosted backup control plane normally means a web app, a database, a certificate and a storage volume before the first job runs. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account, pick Portabase from the OneClick catalog and choose a domain. Then enter the administrator email.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We run the pinned Portabase image with embedded PostgreSQL, generate the admin password and publish it over HTTPS.
Step 03
Sign In And Create An Agent
Wait for the page to load, sign in with your email and generated password, then create an agent and point it at your URL.

Everything Portabase Does, On Your Own Server

Portabase runs in full here as a self-hosted backup control plane, on infrastructure you control.

Scheduled Database Backups
Schedule backup jobs, inspect the archives they produce and restore them from one browser dashboard.
Agents On Your Machines
Connect Portabase agents from the machines you want to back up, pointed at your own instance, so every job is driven from one place.
Resumable Uploads Up To 20 GiB
Agent uploads use tus resumable uploads, verified behind xCloud's HTTPS proxy, so a dropped upload can resume instead of starting again.
Signup Off, Admin Seeded
Public signup is disabled and the superadmin is created on first boot, so there is no window in which a visitor can claim admin.
Everything In One Container
Nginx, the web app, tusd and embedded PostgreSQL run in one container, so there is no separate database to set up or run.
Data Survives A Restart
The database, encryption keys and uploaded objects sit on one persistent volume, which survived a restart in testing.

Everything You Need To Run Your Backups Under Your Control

Managed hosting for Portabase, so HTTPS, the admin login and persistent storage are set up for you.

Portabase 1.30.2 deployed in one click
Official image pinned by digest
Generated admin password
Public signup disabled
Managed HTTPS certificate
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Portabase

Back up every database from one dashboard
Register agents on your database hosts and schedule jobs from the browser, so a small team sees PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB backups in one place.
Restore from the browser
Pick an archive and restore it over an instance from the dashboard, so recovering from a bad migration does not depend on one person remembering a command line.
Keep archives on your own server
Store uploaded backups in your own volume rather than a vendor's cloud, so database dumps that contain customer data stay on infrastructure you control.
Cover Docker volumes and small stores too
Include SQLite files, Redis and Docker volumes alongside your main databases, so one tool protects the whole stack instead of a different script per component.

Portabase vs Alternatives

Managed database backup services: Portabase is a control plane you run yourself, with agents on your machines and archives in your own volume.
Databasus: Databasus has its own OneClick page. In a Portabase vs Databasus comparison, Portabase works through agents that run on the machines being backed up and talk to one dashboard.
PG Back Web: PG Back Web has its own OneClick page. Portabase lists several engines, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, SQLite and Docker volumes.
Kopia: Kopia has its own OneClick page. Portabase is built around database instances, with agents, scheduled jobs and restore from the browser.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Portabase hosting. Pick the one that fits your archives and anything else on the server.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More agents and archives, alongside other services on the same box.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Portabase alongside a whole self-hosted stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 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. Portabase is Apache-2.0 licensed; this is the server it runs on.

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Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own Backup Control Plane?

Portabase on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision and manage. Deploy in one click, and keep control of your archives.

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 much RAM does Portabase need?

The template floor is 1024 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 10 GB of disk, because one container holds nginx, the dashboard, the upload service and PostgreSQL. The 6 GB plan clears it, but uploaded archives grow the volume, so watch disk use.

Can you self-host Portabase with Docker?

Yes. This template covers portabase docker hosting end to end: one all-in-one image pinned by digest, the portabase_data volume, generated secrets and HTTPS. The container does not mount the host Docker socket.

Which databases can Portabase back up?

Upstream lists PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, SQLite, Redis, Valkey, Firebird, Microsoft SQL Server and Docker volumes. Restore works for all engines except Redis and Valkey, which are backup-only. Some engines depend on the agent version you run.

Do I need to install agents for Portabase?

Yes. This install is only the control plane. Agents run on the machines you back up and talk to your HTTPS address, uploading archives over tus. The upload endpoint needs no login by upstream design, so watch disk use.

Can anyone sign up to Portabase?

No. Public signup is off and onboarding is skipped. Sign in with the administrator email and generated password from your credentials. The /tus/files/ agent upload endpoint is unauthenticated, so restrict access by network address if your agents connect from known hosts.

Is Portabase free?

Yes. Portabase is Apache-2.0 licensed and free to run. The Cloud VPS is the only cost, so this Portabase cloud install stores your database archives on a server of your own.

How do I back up Portabase itself?

Back up the portabase_data volume, which holds the embedded database, the encryption keys under /data/private and the uploaded archives. Losing the keys makes stored archives unreadable even if the files remain, so copy them together.

Backup and restore Docker apps

How do I upgrade Portabase?

Portabase stays on the pinned 1.30.2 image until you adopt a newer template version. Copy portabase_data beforehand, keys included, and check the release notes. Upgrades never run automatically, and redeploying keeps the volume.

Is Portabase an alternative to managed database backup services?

For backing up your own databases, yes. Upstream describes a tool to simplify backup and restore of database instances. You run the control plane, agents and storage yourself, so you also carry the disk space and the backup of the backup.

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.