# Server with remote storage

**URL:** <https://kopia.discourse.group/t/server-with-remote-storage/1705>\
**Category:** General Topics\
**Created:** [January 15, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/server-with-remote-storage/1705 "2023-01-15T13:44:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ocroquette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dbc845/32.png) [@ocroquette](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/ocroquette)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/server-with-remote-storage/1705/1 "2023-01-15T13:44:39Z")

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Hello,

I am considering using Kopia, and I was wondering if it is possible or planned for the server to use a remote storage. The background is that the server adds interesting features, but root servers with terabytes of capacity are expensive.The idea is to use a lightweight (and cheap) virtual machine to run the server, and use a commercial storage for the data.  
Obviously, this would not be very efficient, since the data is transferred twice. Is that even technically feasible or reasonable?

Cheers,  
Olivier

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**Author:** ![dimejo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/dimejo/32/287_2.png) [@dimejo](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/dimejo)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/server-with-remote-storage/1705/2 "2023-01-15T16:01:21Z")

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Kopia supports a few [remote storage providers](https://kopia.io/docs/repositories/) natively plus a lot more through rclone. I’m personally using a Kopia server with S3 backend, and it’s working well.

> **[Repositories](https://kopia.io/docs/repositories/)**
>
> Fast and Secure Open-Source Backup Software for Windows, Mac, and Linux

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**Author:** ![ocroquette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dbc845/32.png) [@ocroquette](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/ocroquette)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/server-with-remote-storage/1705/3 "2023-01-15T16:31:36Z")

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Thank you dimejo, but these are the storage types supported by the client. The server supports only local paths as far as I can see. Here is the documentation: [Repository Server | Kopia](https://kopia.io/docs/repository-server/) (but it does not cover the storage topic specifically).

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**Author:** ![dimejo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/dimejo/32/287_2.png) [@dimejo](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/dimejo)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/server-with-remote-storage/1705/4 "2023-01-15T17:10:01Z")

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It is the same. Just connect to the repository as usual and then start the server.

```auto
kopia repository connect s3 --endpoint=[...] --bucket=[...]--access-key=[...] --secret-access-key=[...]
kopia server start --tls-cert-file /path/to/cert --tls-key-file /path/to/key --address :50505

```