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Storage Pools

To Manage Backup Storage  Locations

This option will help you to add storage pools for the Eenos backup system.

Backups -> Storage Pools

Eenos currently supports 4 types of storage pools as follows,

  • SSH Storage: A remote Linux SSH server to  upload backups
  • SFTP Storage: A remote SFTP storage account 
  • FTP Storage: A remote FTP account to upload backups

Additional storage services will be available in future versions.

Available Storage Pools

This table will show added storage pools. You can enable or disable the storage pools. You may also delete, modify, or test the connection to the storage pools.

If a storage pool is disabled backups will not be uploaded to that pool

Add SSH Storage

This is a remote storage option. You may need a generic Linux  Open SSH account to configure the backup. 

The remote  SSH storage pool needs to be updated with the selected SSH Public Key to make the connection.

To add the remote SSH pool, you need to  fill  out the following details,

  • Pool Name: A name for the storage Pool
  • Remote Host: The remote SSH server IP or hostname
  • Remote SSH User: The SSH user name to log in to the remote server
  • Remote SSH Port:  The remote SSH server port, the default will be 22
  • Storage Path: The  remote server folder name to upload  backup files
  • Select SSH Key: Select the SSH public key that is used to connect to the server.

After entering the above details click the button Add Pool, which will add a new SSH storage pool to your server.

Please make sure the remote SSH account has read and write permission for the Storage Path.

Add SFTP Storage

This is a remote storage Option. You can use a generic Linux SFTP account to configure backups.

To add a remote SFTP storage pool, you need to fill out the following details.

  • Pool Name: A name for the storage Pool
  • Remote Host: The remote  sftp  server IP or hostname
  • Remote SFTP User: The ssh user name to log in to the remote server
  • Remote SFTP Port:  The remote sftp server port, default will be 22
  • Password of SFTP User:  Enter the remote SFTP account password.
  • Storage Path: The  remote server folder name to upload  backup files

After entering the above details, click the button Add Pool, which will add a new SSH storage pool to your server.

Please make sure the remote SFTP account has written access to the storage path

Add FTP Storage

This is a remote storage Option. You can use a generic Linux FTP account to configure backups.

To add a remote FTP storage pool, you need to fill out the following details.

  • Pool Name: A name for the storage Pool
  • Remote Host: The remote FTP server IP or hostname
  • Remote FTP User: The ssh user name to log in to the remote server
  • Remote FTP Port:  The remote ftp server port, default will be 21
  • Password of FTP User:  Enter the remote FTP account password.
  • Storage Path: The  remote server folder name to upload  backup files

After entering the above details, click the button Add Pool, which will add a new SSH storage pool to your server.

Please make sure the remote FTP account has write access to the storage path

Testing Pool Connection

You can test the SSH pool connection by clicking the button Test Connection

The connection test feature will check if the connection can access the remote server over TCP.  

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