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title: "NovaBACKUP With Wasabi"
slug: "how-do-i-use-novabackup-with-wasabi"
updated: 2026-05-30T19:19:04Z
published: 2026-05-30T19:19:04Z
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# NovaBACKUP With Wasabi

Wasabi has been validated with NovaBACKUP. [NovaBACKUP](https://www.novabackup.com) is a backup software that includes options for local and cloud backup for business owners, PC users, and professional IT service providers. To use this product with Wasabi, follow the instructions below.

## Prerequisites

- NovaBACKUP v.19.8 and above
- Any licensed version
- An active Wasabi account

## Configuration

### Adding S3 Storage Devices

1. Login to the NovaBACKUP client. Navigate to the Devices tab, click **Add** at the bottom of the screen.

![Screen_Shot_2022-03-11_at_9.48.15_PM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/screen_shot_2022-03-11_at_9.png)

2. From the drop-down menu, select "**Generic S3 Storage Services**" and click "**OK**"

![Screen_Shot_2022-03-05_at_11.17.23_AM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/screen_shot_2022-03-05_at_11.png)

3. This opens the Generic S3 properties window. Provide the following details and click **Check Credentials** to confirm access to Wasabi account and click **OK**.

- Device name - a name for the Generic S3 device
- URL - S3 endpoint URL
- Access Key ID
- Secret Access Key
- Bucket Name
- User Name - the name of the Generic S3 User Name that you want your data stored in, which is a folder that will be created under the Bucket Name.
- Backup Directory -the directory you want your data stored within your S3 Bucket. This folder will be created under the User Name folder.

![Screen_Shot_2022-03-11_at_9.50.27_PM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/screen_shot_2022-03-11_at_9(1).png)

*Note: This config example discusses the use of Wasabi's us-east-1 storage region. To use other Wasabi storage regions, please use the appropriate Wasabi service URL as described in this*[*article*](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/what-are-the-service-urls-for-wasabis-different-storage-regions)*.*

4. The new storage device is displayed under the **Devices** tab.

![Screen_Shot_2022-03-11_at_9.53.21_PM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/screen_shot_2022-03-11_at_9(2).png)

The S3 location is now ready to be used for backups.

### Backing up to Wasabi

5. Navigate to the Backup tab and select the folders/files that you want to backup and click Backup to... on the bottom left corner.

![Screen_Shot_2022-03-14_at_7.47.26_PM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/screen_shot_2022-03-14_at_7.png)

*Note: Currently in NovaBACKUP 19.8.1325 (19.8 Release), Generic S3 Storage Services (S3-compatible) devices only support file backups.*

6. In the Select Device window, select the S3 Storage device created earlier (in our example, Wasabi) and click OK.

![Screen_Shot_2022-03-14_at_9.14.01_PM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/screen_shot_2022-03-14_at_9.png)

7. To start the backup, click Backup on the bottom right corner.

![Screen_Shot_2022-03-14_at_9.26.59_PM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/screen_shot_2022-03-14_at_9(1).png)

8. The backup job starts and the progress is displayed.

![Screen_Shot_2022-03-14_at_9.29.10_PM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/screen_shot_2022-03-14_at_9(2).png)

### Importing backups on Wasabi

9. Navigate to the Restore tab.

![Screen_Shot_2022-03-14_at_9.58.40_PM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/screen_shot_2022-03-14_at_9(3).png)

10. Expand the S3-compliant storage and navigate to the S3 storage device created earlier.

![Screen_Shot_2022-03-14_at_10.17.17_PM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/screen_shot_2022-03-14_at_10.png)

11. Select the files you would like to restore and click Restore.

![Screen_Shot_2022-03-14_at_10.18.37_PM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/screen_shot_2022-03-14_at_10(1).png)

12. The progress can be viewed of the Restore process.

![Screen_Shot_2022-03-14_at_10.20.02_PM.png](https://cdn.document360.io/bef0a1ea-7768-4d5a-b520-c4fe2f7fafad/Images/Documentation/screen_shot_2022-03-14_at_10(2).png)