A friendly, step-by-step guide to go from your first login to a working flow—with your data staying entirely inside your infrastructure the whole time.
Create your account
Register in seconds to unlock the Quemsi console, explore sample timelines, and invite teammates when you’re ready.
- Sign up free with your work or personal email.
- Complete the quick UI tour to spot drives, storage, datasources, and flows.
Install an agent
Place the lightweight Quemsi agent wherever your databases live. The agent stays inside your network and never sends raw data to Quemsi.
- Pick the host (VM, container, or server) that already has database access.
- Copy the guided install command from the console; it completes in minutes.
Register trusted storage
Point Quemsi to storage you already control—S3, Azure Blob, or local paths—so backups never leave your infrastructure.
- Choose the storage type and provide only the scoped access the agent requires.
- Confirm permissions with a built-in test to ensure restores will succeed later.
Connect a datasource
Add the database you want to protect. Credentials stay with the agent, giving you complete control and auditability.
- Select the database engine (starting with MySQL; more engines follow soon).
- Validate the connection once and reuse it across any number of flows.
Run your first flow
Combine your datasource and storage in a flow, add optional pre/post steps, then create your first timeline snapshot.
- Use the visual builder to mirror your real backup routine or start with templates.
- Run the flow once to verify everything—schedule it or share it with teammates afterwards.
What happens in each step?
Account & Console
Registration unlocks your personal workspace. You can invite team members later, but nothing is required up front.
- Review example drives and flows to understand the structure.
- Enable multi-factor authentication when you are ready.
- Use the CLI or UI interchangeably—both talk to the same API.
Agents stay local
The Quemsi agent runs within your network boundary. It orchestrates backups and restores without ever exfiltrating data.
- Supports Linux first; Windows install instructions are provided as well.
- Communicates outbound-only to Quemsi for metadata, keeping firewalls happy.
- Runs as a system service so it survives reboots automatically.
Storage you already trust
Keep backups exactly where your policies expect them. The agent writes and reads directly from your storage endpoints.
- Scoped IAM roles and SAS tokens are supported for cloud providers.
- Local NAS/SAN paths work great for on-prem environments.
- Versioning is optional—you decide storage lifecycle policies.
Datasource connections
Each datasource definition lives inside your agent so you can reuse it across flows.
- Credentials are injected at runtime through environment variables or secrets stores.
- Quemsi verifies access with a lightweight read before accepting the datasource.
- Multiple datasources can be registered per agent for complex scenarios.
Flows & automation
Flows define the work your agent performs. Start simple, then layer in scripts, notifications, and approvals as you scale.
- Pre/post steps let you quiesce services or run verification scripts.
- Tag each run so timelines remain searchable and audit-friendly.
- Schedule recurring runs or trigger flows via API/CLI.
Next steps
After your first flow, you can branch into restores, sharing, and automation.
- Create restore flows to push snapshots into dev/test environments.
- Invite collaborators and assign drive-level permissions.
- Integrate with CI/CD using the Quemsi APIs for hands-off operations.
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