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Backblaze is a cloud storage and data backup provider offering B2 Cloud Storage - a low-cost, S3-compatible object storage service. Backblaze provides both a native B2 API and an S3-compatible API, enabling developers to build applications that store unlimited data at a fraction of major cloud provider costs. Features include file versioning, lifecycle rules, event notifications, object lock, cross-region replication, and a Cloudflare bandwidth alliance for zero-egress CDN delivery.

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APIs

Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage API

The Backblaze B2 Native API provides programmatic access to all B2 Cloud Storage functions including account authorization, bucket management, file upload and download, large fi...

Backblaze S3-Compatible API

The Backblaze S3-Compatible API allows existing applications built for Amazon S3 to work with Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage with minimal code changes. Supports S3 authentication (A...

Capabilities

Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage Management

Unified cloud storage management workflow combining bucket administration, file lifecycle, large file upload, application key management, and event notification configuration. S...

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Features

Object Storage

Store and retrieve any amount of data with a simple flat namespace and unique file IDs.

S3-Compatible API

Use existing S3 tools and libraries without modification via the S3-compatible API endpoint.

Large File Multi-Part Upload

Upload files larger than 5GB using the multi-part upload API (b2_start_large_file / b2_upload_part / b2_finish_large_file).

Application Key Management

Create and manage scoped application keys with per-bucket and per-prefix restrictions.

Lifecycle Rules

Automatically delete or hide files after a specified number of days using lifecycle rules.

File Versioning

Keep multiple versions of files; older versions are preserved and accessible by file ID.

Event Notifications

Configure webhook-based event notifications when objects are created, modified, or deleted.

Object Lock

Protect files from deletion or modification for a specified retention period using object lock.

Cross-Region Replication

Replicate buckets to other regions or accounts for disaster recovery and data locality.

Server-Side Encryption

Encrypt data at rest using Backblaze-managed or customer-managed keys.

Cloudflare Bandwidth Alliance

Zero egress fees when serving B2 data through Cloudflare CDN.

Use Cases

Application Data Storage

Store application data, user-uploaded content, and media files in the cloud.

Backup and Disaster Recovery

Use Backblaze B2 as the storage backend for backup tools like Arq, MSP360, and Veeam.

Media Hosting and Delivery

Host images, videos, and other media files and serve them via CDN integration.

Archival Storage

Store infrequently accessed archival data at low cost with lifecycle-based management.

Data Migration

Migrate data from S3 or other cloud storage providers using the S3-compatible API.

CI/CD Artifact Storage

Store build artifacts, logs, and deployment packages in B2 buckets.

Integrations

Cloudflare

Zero egress bandwidth alliance for CDN delivery of B2 content.

Arq Backup

Popular Mac and Windows backup application with native B2 support.

Synology

Synology NAS Hyper Backup integration for cloud backup.

Veeam

Enterprise backup and replication solution with B2 support.

MSP360

Managed backup service with native B2 storage support.

Terraform

Infrastructure as code support via the official Terraform provider.

rclone

Command-line sync tool with native B2 Native and S3-compatible API support.

Semantic Vocabularies

Backblaze B2 Context

42 classes · 68 properties

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API Governance Rules

Backblaze API Rules

31 rules · 12 errors 12 warnings 7 info

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