StorX Integration Series: Ahsay + Anchorpoint + arq7

StorX Network
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9 min readSep 6, 2024

We are excited to announce that StorX Network is now integrated with Ahsay, Anchorpoint, and Arq7, offering new possibilities in the DePIN space. With this integration, users will not only take advantage of such advanced tools but also enjoy the properly secured, decentralized, and highly available storage network that StorX offers.

Ahsay’s technological race for backup solutions, Anchorpoint’s organizational intelligence, and Arq7’s smart data placement gained the new dimensions of scalability, confidentiality, and data protection provided by StorX. This allows companies and individuals to manage and store the data in the most optimized way that had not been available before. Let’s explore the more efficient, more secure, and more decentralized world of StorX with its new integrations!

What is Ahsay?

Ahsay offers backup and recovery solutions that support Microsoft 365, VMware, Hyper-V, Linux Bare Metal, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, MariaDB, Tibero, files, QNAP/Synology NAS, and Android/iOS devices. Our solution covers everything you need to implement a complete backup solution for you and your customers. With our flexible deployment model, you can run this solution from the cloud or your hardware easily. Altogether with our competitive storage-based pricing model, Ahsay Cloud Backup is, by all standards, the best and most affordable backup solution available in the market.

Download the software from following website: — https://www.ahsay.com/en/download

How do I get the access key , secret key, and endpoints from StorX?

  • Login to your storx account using your username password or any of the given social signup option
  • Once you log in, you will reach this dashboard. In this dashboard, click on the user icon at the top.
  • When you click on the user icon, it will open a dropdown list. From that list, click on access.
  • When you click on the access list, it will open this screen, from which you can create an access token.
  • When you click on the Create button, this popup will open.
  • Add a name to your access key and click the “Continue” button.
  • Once you confirm all the details and click on confirm, this popup with all required tokens will open.
  • To copy All keys, you can click on the “copy” button
  • To download all the keys, click on the “Download” button.
  • If you click on Show Key, it will show the key for that block.
  • These are the example values for how the access key, secret key, and Endpoint will have values.

Setting up the Ahsay backup in the environment?

  1. Once you have installed the application, you need to log in using the credentials provided to you via mail.

2. The interface will look as below once you have logged in.

3. Click on the Backup sets and provide the default backup file names.

4. Click on the add button and provide the backup type to cloud backup.

5. Choose the correct type of backup here we are selecting the AWS s3 compatible

6. Provide the following details in the pop-up that was obtained.
a. Paste the endpoints in the host and the port to be set as 443.

7. Once you have completed the setup, you can test whether the connection is valid or not. Once you have done this, you can proceed.

8. Once you have tested the connection, you can check for data in the vault. Make sure you have set the bucket name properly to see for the files within it.

9. Select the file to back up as in the above and proceed with the following interface.

10. Provide the destination pool and set the backup path.

11. Once you have set up your backup environment, you can proceed by clicking OK and then clicking the next button.

12. Click on the backup now, and you will see the following interface:

Congratulations, you have made your first backup using the storx.

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What is an Anchorpoint?

Collaborate on Unity and Unreal Engine projects. Anchorpoint is a painless version control solution for creative people. It can be used in game development, animation, and any other real-time project.

You can download it using the link below:-

https://www.anchorpoint.app/download

Or visit https://www.anchorpoint.app/

How do I get the access key , secret key, and endpoints from Storx ?

  • Login to your storx account using your username password or any of the given social signup option
  • Once you log in you will reach this dashboard In this dashboard, click on the user icon at the top
  • When you click on the user icon, it will open a dropdown list. From that list, click on access.
  • When you click on the access list, it will open this screen, from which you can create an access token.
  • When you click on the Create button, it will open this popup
  • Provide a name to your access key and click on the “Continue” button
  • Once you confirm all the details and click on confirm, it will open this popup with all required tokens
  • To copy All keys, you can click on the “copy” button
  • To download All keys, you can click on the “Download” button
  • If you click on Show Key, it will show the key for that block
  • These are the example values for how the access key, secret key, and Endpoint will have values.

Setting up the Anchorpoint backup in the environment?

  1. Once you have downloaded the anchorpoint, you can install and open the application. Let’s see how the interface looks.

2. Open the workspace setting to the action section find the connect cloud drive and enable it.

3. In the option to connect to the cloud drive, click on settings.

4. Now, you can provide the server type (S3-others), Access point, secret key, and endpoints.

5. Once you have successfully added the cloud account, you can click on apply, then go to the home screen and click on the new drive, followed by mount drive.

6. Provide the mount drive.

7. You can view the cloud account in the left navigation tab. You can create the files, and that can be seen in the storx below.

  • The vault-6 that we created..
  • The file in vault6 is shown below

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What is arq7?

Arq backs up your files. You control your data.

You can download the arq7 using the link:- https://www.arqbackup.com/download/arqbackup/Arq7.msi or visit the following page to download the arq7: https://www.arqbackup.com/download/

How do I get the access key, secret key, and endpoints from Storx?

  • Login to your storx account using your username password or any of the given social signup option
  • Once you login you will reach to this dashboard In this dashboard click on user icon at the top
  • When you click on the user icon, it will open a dropdown list. From that list, click on access.
  • When you click on the access list, it will open this screen, from which you can create an access token.
  • When you click on the Create button it will open this popup
  • Provide a name to your access key and click on the “Continue” button
  • Once you confirm all the details and click confirm, this popup will open with all required tokens.
  • To copy All keys, you can click on the “copy” button
  • To download All keys, click the “Download” button.
  • If you click on Show Key, it will show the key for that block.
  • These are the example values for how the access key, secret key, and Endpoint will have values.

Setting up the Arq7 backup in the environment?

  1. Once you have installed the arq7 in your environment, you can open it.

2. Click on the new backup plan and add the storage location.

3. Once you select the s3-compatible server, click on continue. Provide the credentials that you got from the storx in the pop-up below.

4. Provide the encryption password and click on the continue button.

5. Now add the backup plan and path in the application and save.

6. Now you will be able to see the backup added to your application below. You can manage the scheduling of the backup based on your convenience.

7. Now, you can see how the backup looks in the storx below.

Congratulations, you have completed the backup in storx using arq7.

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