Allow TrueCloud Backups to providers other than storj

Feature Requests
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Problem/Justification
Storj recently increased their minimum pricing by 10x to begin July 1st. This has left many community users scrambling to find a replacement. TrueNas TrueCloud backups only work with storj. This request is to enable to functionality for other S3 providers.

Impact
This should expand the number of users able to take advantage of TrueCloud and avoid vendor lock with external service providers that are hostile toward small users.

User Story

As a user, when I create a new TrueCloud backup, I am able to use non-Storj credentials and configure TrueCloud backups to use non-Storj providers.

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Any Plans to support providers other than Storj for TrueCloud Backups now that their pricing has changed?
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I definitely think the team should look at this and give some guidance as those using Storj and TrueNAS are now potentially stuck and I think certain parties know this.

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10x the price is crazy, I’m looking for alternatives. GitHub - garethgeorge/backrest: Backrest is a web UI and orchestrator for restic backup. · GitHub looks good to set but I would prefer to have something more integrated.

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Ok, I like how backrest looks but I feel that not everybody needs all that fancy stuff, and I also realize that restic is already available in TrueNAS (it’s used by the only supported StorJ backup).

So, I created a small project with terraform/bash that reuses the restic installed, the backup credentials storage and the cron jobs to Backup to S3 aws s3 glacier instant retrieval that is a bit cheaper than 5 EUR, at least for my current need (~400GB).

Feel free to use as it is or as a template for you needs: Julian Alarcon / liberte-backup · GitLab

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Please guys, let us use restic for other providers. I was happy to support Storj and you at $5-$10 a month, but a 10x price increase is nuts.

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agree, the solution i had to come up with to use Azure cool storage was quite involved

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Thanks for the feature request. With the situation being what it is, we’ll give this some consideration.

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Yes, please allow this! I know there are third party apps that can accomplish this, but right in the UI would be so much more convenient. I personally use Backblaze B2 and cloud sync, but from what I gather restic is much better as it works at the block level, reducing bandwidth requirements if large files are changed. Been a long time user of TrueNAS, just now created an account specifically for this feature request!!!