A US Storage Box for Borg, restic and rsync

Moving From Another Storage Box

1. 1

   Order a box and add your SSH key

   Choose a size at least as large as what you store now. Add the public key you use today on the box's page in the dashboard, where you'll also find its host and username.
2. 2

   Copy your data across with rclone

   From any machine that can reach both boxes, set up the old and new box as SFTP remotes and copy. rclone streams the files straight across, so nothing needs to fit on the machine in between. OLD_PORT is the SSH port your current provider gives you (23 on Hetzner Storage Box, 22 on rsync.net).

   rclone config create old sftp host=OLD_HOST port=OLD_PORT user=OLD_USER key_file=~/.ssh/id_ed25519 rclone config create new sftp host=NEW_HOST port=23 user=NEW_USER key_file=~/.ssh/id_ed25519 rclone copy old:backups new:backups --progress rclone check old:backups new:backups
3. 3

   Point your backup tool at the new box

   For Borg, the repository URL changes to the new host. Borg notices the move and asks once; set the variable below to accept it.

   export BORG_RELOCATED_REPO_ACCESS_IS_OK=yes borg list ssh://NEW_USER@NEW_HOST:23/./borg

   For restic, rsync or rclone, change the host and username in the repository or destination setting.

4. 4

   Run a backup and test a restore

   Run your next backup against the new box, then restore a few files to make sure everything arrived. Keep the old box until you're satisfied.