Best cloud storage services with CLI for Bicom PBXware: (Comparison)

Best Cloud Storage with CLI for Linux Bicom PBXware

Managing backups and syncing media or configuration files for your Bicom PBXware system requires reliable, secure, and scriptable cloud storage. This article examines top cloud storage providers offering Command-Line Interface (CLI) tools compatible with Linux (Debian/Ubuntu/CentOS) – the preferred distributions for Bicom PBXware. We compare features, provide installation and usage examples, and highlight common pitfalls.

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Comparison Overview

• Security: Proton Drive, MEGA, Tresorit, FileN offer zero-knowledge encryption. pCloud and Icedrive provide optional client-side add-ons.
• Storage Capacity: MEGA (20 GB) and pCloud/Icedrive (10 GB) lead free tiers. Dropbox and Proton Drive are more limited.
• Pricing: AWS S3 is flexible but pay-as-you-go. Others have fixed monthly plans.
• CLI Maturity: AWS CLI and Rclone are rock-solid. MEGAcmd and pCloudcc are stable. Some newer CLIs (Proton Drive, FileN) may have edge-case bugs.
• Integration: Rclone can unify all providers into one mount or script interface, ideal for complex PBXware backup jobs.

Which One to Choose?

• If you need maximum free storage and solid encryption: MEGA or combine Rclone with MEGA.
• For end-to-end privacy and professional support: Proton Drive, Tresorit, or FileN.
• For enterprise-grade flexibility and scripting: AWS S3 CLI or Rclone to tie into multiple backends.
• For simple, reliable everyday syncing: pCloud CLI or Dropbox CLI.

Installation and Usage Examples

1. pCloud (pcloudcc)

Install the pCloud CLI and mount your remote storage:

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pcloudcc

# CentOS
sudo yum install epel-release
sudo yum install pcloudcc

# Mount remote folder
pcloudcc --auth your@email.com --password YourPassword --mountpoint /mnt/pcloud

Common issues: FUSE permissions – add your user to the fuse group and ensure /etc/fuse.conf has user_allow_other.

2. MEGA (megacmd)

# Debian/Ubuntu installation
wget https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/xUbuntu_(lsb_release -rs)/amd64/megacmd_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i megacmd_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get -f install

# Login
mega-login you@example.com YourPassword

# Upload a backup
mega-put /var/spool/asterisk/backups/ /

Common issues: Two-factor authentication requires session handling via mega-session. Fails on expired sessions.

3. Proton Drive (proton-drive-cli)

# Install via pip
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
pip3 install proton-drive-cli

# Authenticate
proton-drive login --username you@example.com

# Sync a directory
proton-drive sync upload /etc/asterisk /PBXwareConfigs

Common issues: Rate-limiting on free accounts ensure token refresh via proton-drive logout and login every 12h.

4. FileN (filen-cli)

# Download binary
wget https://cdn.filen.io/filen-cli/linux/filen-cli-latest.tar.gz
tar zxvf filen-cli-latest.tar.gz
sudo mv filen /usr/local/bin/

# Configure
filen login --email you@example.com --password YourPassword

# Upload
filen upload /var/lib/asterisk/voicemails vm_backups/

Common issues: Connection resets on large files – use --chunk-size parameter.

5. Tresorit (tresorit-cli)

# Download and install
wget https://download.tresorit.com/tresorit-cli/latest/linux/tresorit-cli.tar.gz
tar zxvf tresorit-cli.tar.gz
sudo mv tresorit-cli /usr/local/bin/

# Setup
tresorit-cli login you@example.com
tresorit-cli sync /home/pbxuser/backups tresorit:PBXware

Common issues: FUSE mount permissions must run tresorit-cli daemon as root.

6. Icedrive (icedrive-cli)

# Install via snap or binary
sudo snap install icedrive-cli
# Or
wget https://icedrive.net/linux/cli/icedrive-cli-linux.tar.gz
tar zxvf icedrive-cli-linux.tar.gz
sudo mv icedrive /usr/local/bin/

# Login
icedrive login you@example.com

# Sync
icedrive sync upload /etc/pbx configs/

Common issues: Proxy settings in corporate networks – set HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY env variables.

7. Dropbox (dropbox-cli)

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install python3-gpg dropbox

# Start daemon
dropbox start -i

# Get status
dropbox status

# Copy config to Dropbox folder
cp /etc/pbx/user.conf ~/Dropbox/pbx-configs/

Common issues: CLI commands may require full path to ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd if installed manually.

8. AWS S3 (awscli)

# Install AWS CLI v2
curl https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip -o awscliv2.zip
unzip awscliv2.zip
sudo ./aws/install

# Configure
aws configure
# Enter AWS Access Key, Secret, region (e.g. us-east-1)

# Upload backup set
aws s3 sync /var/backups/asterisk s3://my-pbx-bucket/asterisk/

Common issues: IAM permissions – ensure s3:PutObject and s3:ListBucket are allowed.

9. Rclone (Unified Interface)

# Install
curl https://rclone.org/install.sh  sudo bash

# Configure (interactive)
rclone config
# Create remotes for pcloud, mega, aws, gdrive, etc.

# Sync PBX backups to multiple remotes at once
rclone sync /var/spool/asterisk/backups pcloud:PBX  
rclone sync /var/spool/asterisk/backups mega:PBX  
rclone sync /var/spool/asterisk/backups s3:pbx-bucket

Common issues: FUSE mounting may require rclone mount remote: /mnt/remote --allow-other and proper fuse.conf settings.

Conclusion

Selecting the right CLI-driven cloud storage for your Linux Bicom PBXware environment depends on your priorities: maximizing free tier capacity, ensuring zero-knowledge encryption, or leveraging enterprise-grade APIs and scripting capabilities. For multi-provider redundancy, Rclone provides a unified approach. For pure privacy and integration, Proton Drive or Tresorit excel. And for flexible, pay-as-you-go storage, the AWS CLI remains the gold standard.