Supported Storage Providers

Aquanode stores your backups and snapshots in object storage. Use Aquanode-managed storage with no setup, bring your own S3-compatible bucket, or use Lighthouse decentralized storage.

When you create a backup, Aquanode writes your data to an object-storage destination. You can let Aquanode manage storage for you, or connect your own.

Storage options

Aquanode-managed storage

Setup: none. Aquanode provisions and manages the bucket for you.
Use when: you just want backups to work without configuring a provider.
Select it directly when creating a backup.

S3-compatible

Bring any S3-compatible bucket. This covers AWS S3, Backblaze B2, MinIO, and any provider that exposes an S3 API.

Required config: ACCESS_KEY, SECRET_KEY, AWS_REGION, BUCKET_NAME
Custom endpoint: for non-AWS providers (Backblaze B2, MinIO, self-hosted), also set the provider's S3 endpoint URL.
Use when: you want to keep backups in storage you own and control.

Lighthouse

Decentralized, encrypted storage built on Filecoin/IPFS via lighthouse.storage.

Required config: a Lighthouse API key.
Use when: you want durable, decentralized storage instead of a traditional cloud bucket.

Connecting your storage

Add a storage destination in your account settings, giving it a name and the config above.
When you create a backup, choose that destination.

Note

S3 credentials are stored securely and used only to read and write your backups.
Make sure the bucket region and endpoint match your provider, or writes will fail.