Local Storage

By default, Portabase is configured to use Local Storage. This means that backups sent by your agents are stored on the disk of the machine where the dashboard is running.

This method is ideal for:

• Testing and discovery.
• Small infrastructures.
• Using a network mount (NFS, EFS) already attached to the server.

Data Persistence

If you are using Docker, it is crucial to use a volume to ensure your backups are not lost when the container is restarted or updated.

The default docker-compose.yml provided by the CLI already includes a volume for the private folder:

services:
  portabase:
    # ...
    volumes:
      - portabase-private:/app/private

Backups are stored inside /app/private/backups.

Using a Custom Path

If you want to store backups in a specific folder on your host machine (e.g., an external hard drive or a dedicated partition), you can use a bind mount in your docker-compose.yml:

services:
  portabase:
    # ...
    volumes:
      - /mnt/backups/portabase:/app/private/backups