St0r: install and first setup
For the administrator who installs St0r, MSP Zero's open-source management interface for UrBackup Server: what St0r does and does not do, its same-host requirement, what the installer changes on the server, the generated first-run password, the .env secrets, HTTPS, 2FA, administrator and customer-scoped read-only accounts, replication targets, the disk guard, and backing up and updating St0r itself.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- About 45 minutes
- Contents
- 3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 2 Oct 2026
- St0r · open source
Skills you'll practise
- Explain how St0r works with UrBackup (databases, HTTP API, storage folder) and why it must run on the UrBackup host
- Predict what the installer changes on a server, and choose the reverse-proxy route when port 80 is already in use
- Complete first login and hardening: change and delete the generated password, set the .env secrets, enable HTTPS and 2FA
- Set up accounts so that non-admin users see only their assigned customers' endpoints
- Configure a replication target and the disk guard, and explain what replication does not protect against
- Back up and update St0r without confusing its own database with UrBackup's data
Course outline
- 1.St0r: install and first setupVideo · 2 min
- 2.What St0r is and what installing it changesLesson · 15 min
- 3.First login, secrets and accessLesson · 15 min
- 4.Replication, disk guard, backups and updatesLesson · 15 min
- 5.St0r: install and first setup: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 15 questions
- 6.Final exam11 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
Sources it draws on
The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.
- St0r README: how it works, requirements, what the installer changes, first login, known limitations
- St0r docs: Installation and operations (configuration, HTTPS, updating, replication setup, troubleshooting)
- St0r SECURITY.md: security features, roles and hardening checklist
- St0r .env.example: backend configuration and disk guard thresholds
- St0r CHANGELOG (customer-scoped accounts, generated first-run password, disk guard, restore scoping)
- St0r docs: UrBackup Server database backup guide
- MSP Zero: St0r tool page (first deployment, know before you deploy)
- MSP Zero: Self-hosting (what you take on)
- UrBackup Server administration manual (web interface and internet client ports)
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