Overview

An ALYPOD Storage Box is a standalone, network-attached storage service that lives independently of your CPU Pods. It gives you a large, always-available volume you can mount or sync to from any server, so backups and shared files survive even if a Pod is rebuilt or deleted. Use it for server backups, off-site copies, media archives, or a shared drive for a small team.

Storage Boxes support SFTP, SSHFS, SMB/CIFS, rsync and BorgBackup-style snapshot workflows. You manage them in the ALYPOD Console under Storage → Storage Boxes, and billing lives at account.alypod.com.

Before you begin

• An active ALYPOD Cloud account (account.alypod.com).
• A Storage Box ordered from the Console (Storage → Order Storage Box).
• Your Storage Box hostname, username and password, shown on the Storage Box detail page.

Steps

1. Sign in to the ALYPOD Console and open Storage → Storage Boxes.
2. Select your Storage Box. The overview shows the hostname (for example u123456.your-storagebox.alypod.com), capacity, and protocol endpoints.
3. Note the credentials: the username is your Storage Box ID, and the SFTP/SMB password is generated on creation. You can reset it from Storage Box → Settings → Reset password.
4. Choose a connection protocol:
   • SFTP / SSHFS for Linux and macOS.
   • SMB / CIFS for Windows and macOS Finder.
   • rsync over SSH for server-to-box backups.
5. Optionally enable Automated snapshots on the detail page. Snapshots are stored on the box and let you roll back accidental deletions quickly.
6. Connect and confirm you can list the volume:

```bash sftp [email protected]

or

sshfs [email protected]:/ /mnt/mybox ```

Troubleshooting

• Problem: Connection refused on port 22. Solution: Confirm the Storage Box is active in the Console; suspended boxes block all protocols.
• Problem: Permission denied after a password reset. Solution: Update stored credentials in your client, ~/.ssh/config or mount script.

Related articles

• [Connecting to a Storage Box over SFTP and SSHFS]
• [Connecting to a Storage Box over SMB / CIFS]
• [Backing up your server with rsync]