Setting up an S3 compatible target

Prerequisite

An S3 compatible account must be added to R‑Cloud and it must have the required permissions granted to access the target that you are adding (s3:GetObject, s3:PutObject, s3:DeleteObject, s3:DeleteObjectVersion, s3:GetBucketObjectLockConfiguration, s3:ListBucket, s3:GetBucketLocation, and s3:GetBucketVersioning). For details on adding an S3 compatible account, see Adding S3 compatible accounts.

Limitations

  • Storing data to a publicly available target is not supported.

  • Storing data to a target on which lifecycle management is enabled is not supported and may result in data loss.

Considerations

  • You can set up the same target in multiple protection sets.

  • Storing data to a target that has Object Lock (WORM) enabled is supported.

To access the Targets panel, in the navigation pane, click Targets Targets. Alternatively, in the Dashboard panel, click the Targets widget title.

Procedure

  1. In the Targets panel, click Add Add.

  2. Select S3 Compatible, and then click Next.

  3. In the Target field, enter the name of the target.

  4. In the Size Quota field, specify the amount of storage space that should be used for storing data (in MiB, GiB, or TiB).

    Important  The specified amount represents a soft limit, therefore actual usage may exceed it.

  5. Use the Enforce quota switch to stop running backups if this target reaches its size quota. The backups will start running again after you increase the size quota of this target or assign a different policy to the entities. Such a policy must use a target with the sufficient size quota.

  6. In the Account ID field, enter the ID of the S3 compatible account.

  7. From the Service Provider drop-down menu, select your S3 compatible service provider.

  8. From the Cloud Account drop-down menu, select the S3 compatible account that you want to be used for performing all operations on the target.

    By clicking Add, you are automatically redirected to the dialog box that enables you to add the preferred cloud account to R‑Cloud, if not already added.

  9. Only if you are adding an OVHcloud S3 compatible target. In the Region field, enter the prefix of the region where the target is located (for example, DE).

  10. Click Save.

The target is added to the list of targets in the Targets panel. For details on managing targets, see Managing targets.