AWS S3 Bucket

Follow the steps described below to create AWS S3 Bucket Location

Control Plane

• Create an AWS S3 bucket in your AWS account

• Note down AWS region and the name of the bucket

• From Web Console, navigate to your Project

• Select Backup/Restore > Locations and click New Location

• Provide the location name and provide an optional description

• Select Type Control Plane Backup and click CREATE

• In the location settings page, under Config section, select Target Type as Amazon

• Enter the Region and Bucket Name for the AWS S3 bucket created above

• Optionally, enable Select Server Side Encryption to choose a non-default encryption type and select either SSE-KMS or SSE-C

  • When SSE-KMS is selected, users must provide the KMS Key ID retrieved from the AWS portal
  • When selecting the SSE-C encryption type, users should ensure they have provided the SSE-C key while creating the data protection agent
  • Users may optionally enter the Server-Side Encryption Algorithm

Note: If Server Side Encryption is not enabled, default cloud encryption will be applied to the agent

• Click SAVE to create the location for control plane backup to S3 bucket

Persistent Volumes

• Go back to Backup/Restore > Locations menu to add New Location

• Provide the location name, and an optional description

• Select Type Volume Backup and click CREATE

• In the location settings page, under Config section, select Target Type as Amazon

• Enter the Region name and click SAVE to create the location for persistent volume backup to S3 bucket

Actions

To edit/delete a location, use the respective icons