Backup a Synology with Swiss Backup and Hyper Backup

This guide explains how to back up a Synology NAS with Hyper Backup in the Cloud with Swiss Backup , Infomaniak's Swiss backup solution.

To backup your Synology with Cloud Sync and OpenStack Swift , follow this guide instead (click here) . 

Creating the backup location

It is first required to create a backup location before you can configure the backup of your NAS.

Configuring Hyper Backup with Swiss Backup

1. Log in to the administration interface of your Synology NAS (DSM).
2. If necessary, install the Hyper Backup application from the Package Center .
3. Open the Hyper Backup app .
4. If necessary, click on the + to add a new Cloud provider.
5. Cloud providers : choose OpenStack Swift from the list of providers:
   
6. Backup destination settings :
   
   1. Choose Version 3.0 for Identity Service Version
   2. Fill in the other fields with the information received by email following the creation of the backup location (identity service terminal, username, password, tenant/project and domain)
   3. For the Tenant/Project and Domain fields , choose name instead of id via the selection field
   4. Choose the default location (leave the choice offered by default)
   5. Choose the container name (this is the domain name specified in the email received)
7. Choose volumes and applications to back up:
   
8. Define the frequency of the backup and check the box to activate encryption :
   
   
   
   Warning : you must activate client-side encryption (last checkbox on the page) and keep the encryption key in a safe place so that you can use your backup if necessary.
9. Rotating backups keeps your backup location from being overloaded by limiting the maximum number of backups to keep: