Getting data into a Storage Pool
Managing Data
Member backups
From any enrolled server’s member tabs:
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Source |
Typical path |
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OpenLiteSpeed → Backups |
Full / site / web backup jobs |
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MariaDB → Backup |
Database dump |
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cPanel → account backup |
WHM |
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Backups tab |
Snapshot backups |
When the job supports it, you choose the destination Storage Pool before the job runs. Progress appears under Activity (incoming lane).
Agent backups flow: check quota → collect → dump/package → upload → confirm stored. Install a current agent (v204+ recommended) for step-by-step byte progress.
WHM / cPanel S3 destination
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Open Storage Pools → {pool} → Credentials.
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Copy S3 endpoint, bucket (your pool slug), access key, and secret.
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In WHM: Backup → Additional Destinations → S3 Compatible.
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Set endpoint to your pool hostname, bucket to slug, path as documented on the Credentials page.
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Run WHM backups — they land as objects in that pool.
Quota is enforced on the vault; over-quota uploads receive 507 Insufficient Storage.
Browser upload (Pro)
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Open pool Objects.
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Click Upload.
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Select file(s) — large files upload in 16 MiB chunks (max 5 GiB per file).
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After upload, publish: attach as a new version of an existing object, keep as a separate object, or cancel.
Configuration Discovery (Pro)
Baseline server configs without running a full backup:
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On Objects, click Run Discovery.
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Pick one member to scan (account-wide member list).
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Choose categories (HAProxy, nginx, OpenLiteSpeed, PHP, SSL, MariaDB, cPanel, cron, firewall, apps, and more) or select all.
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Options: include SSL private keys (off by default), include system package units under
/lib/systemd/system(off by default), force fresh baseline (ignore agent cache). -
Confirm — a read-only scan runs on that member only. Discovered text files become objects; unchanged files do not create new versions.
Live progress shows on the Objects page until complete. Requires agent v208+ for discovery (older agents may still be selectable; the job reports the real result).
Privacy: application configs (WordPress, Laravel, Docker Compose, and similar) store redacted copies — passwords and secrets are stripped. Redacted objects show Secrets redacted and cannot be deployed back to production.
Track Changes (daily discovery)
On a member folder row menu → Track Changes:
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Enables a daily scheduled discovery for that member and pool.
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Folder shows Tracked daily.
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Only changed files create new versions (agent v219+ cache).
Agent CLI upload (large files)
On the server (agent v195+):
sudo /usr/local/bin/balctl_heartbeat.py --send-to-storage /path/to/file-or-folderThe agent packages the path, checks quota, uploads as an Agent upload object. Useful when browser limits are awkward.
Protection replication
Protection jobs (cPanel / OpenLiteSpeed standby) can replicate into vault storage tied to your account quota. If space is insufficient, the replication wizard prompts for Cloud Backup Storage add-ons.