S3 Compartible

To send backups to S3 Compartible storage, you first need to set up a destination in the “Storages” page:

1. Go to the “Storages” page and click “Add Storage” and select S3 Compartible as the storage destination. From the dropdown list, choose your S3-compatible provider. If your provider is not listed, select “Custom”.

2. In the “New S3 Compartible Settings” pop-up window, , enter the following credentials:

• Access Key ID – Found in your S3 Compartible storage account.
• Secret Access Key – Found in your S3 Compartible storage account.
• Endpoin URL – The service endpoint provided by your S3-compatible storage provider (e.g., https://s3.wasabisys.com or custom endpoint).
• Bucket Name – This is the S3 bucket where your backups will be stored. You need to create this bucket before configuring it in the app.
• Authentication Region – Specify the appropriate region for your storage (e.g., us-east-1).

Once configured, click “Test” to verify the connection. If successful, click “Save & Close” to apply your settings.

These are the basic settings required to configure Amazon S3 as a backup destination.

3. Once configured, click “Test” to verify the connection. If successful, click “Save & Close” to apply your settings.

These are the basic settings required to configure S3 Compartible storage as a backup destination.

Advanced S3 Compartible Settings (Optional)

You can further customize your backup storage with the following options:

• Server-Side Encryption method – Enable encryption to protect your backups during storage (e.g., AES256).

• Disable upload payload signing – Disable the SigV4 payload signing data integrity check on uploading request.

• Parallel Upload/Download Threads – Adjust performance settings for faster transfers.

• Validate File Checksum & Use Additional Checksum – Verifies file integrity after upload by checking checksums (e.g., MD5). Optional additional checksum validation can further enhance data reliability.

• Use unloading in parts – Multipart Upload allows you to upload a single object as a set of parts.

• Use URL encoding – Applies URL encoding to object names, which may be required by some providers to ensure proper handling of special characters.

Steps to add OneDrive Personal storage to a backup job:

1. Return to the Dashboard page.

2. Open the backup job you want to modify (or create a new one), and click the “Edit” button.

3. Navigate to the Storage Destination section.

4. Click “Add Backup Storage”.

 

5. Select OneDrive for Business storage as the destination.

6. In the configuration window, specify the following:

• • Autodelete old backups after – Define a retention period for automatically deleting old backups.

  • Enable minimum backups – Set the minimum number of backups to retain, even if they exceed the defined retention period.

Optional settings:

• Store the following backup types (Full, Diff, T-Log) – Choose which backup types to store in this destination.

• Auto delete Differential Backups after – Define a retention period specifically for differential backups.

• Auto delete T-Log Backups after – Define a retention period specifically for transaction log backups.

• Enable minimum Differential or T-Log backups – Set the minimum number of differential or T-Log backups to keep, even if older than the retention limit.

• Emergency storage – Use this option to designate Azure Blob as an emergency/failover destination in case the primary backup storage becomes unavailable.