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Zerobyte

Zerobyte

Zerobyte is an open-source backup automation tool for self-hosters, built on Restic. Schedule encrypted, compressed backups with fine-grained retention, and back up from NFS, SMB, WebDAV, SFTP, or local directories. AGPL-3.0, deployed with Docker.

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Active installs

License AGPL-3.0 Version v0.28 OS Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS Min RAM 1 GB IP IPV4

Active installs is sample data (staging preview); real metric wires in before launch.

  • Automated backups powered by Restic
  • End-to-end encryption and compression
  • Flexible scheduling with retention policies
  • Back up from NFS, SMB, WebDAV, SFTP, local
  • Built for self-hosters

Access

For security, public access is disabled; connect via an SSH tunnel only.

1. On your local machine, run:

ssh -L 4096:localhost:4096 root@<SERVER_IP>

2. Open your browser and visit: http://localhost:4096

3. Create your admin account on first visit.

Important Files & Directories

  • /root/zerobyte/docker-compose.yml → Docker orchestration.
  • /var/lib/zerobyte → Persistent application data.
  • /etc/localtime → Maps container timezone to host.

Service Management

Check running containers:

docker ps

Restart containers:

docker compose -f /root/zerobyte/docker-compose.yml restart

View logs:

docker compose -f /root/zerobyte/docker-compose.yml logs -f

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