Add an AWS Backup Location in Portworx Backup
You can add an AWS S3 compatible object store in Portworx Backup.
To add an AWS S3 compatible object store, follow these steps:
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Log in to the Portworx Backup UI.
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From the left navigation pane, click the Cloud Settings icon
and select the Backup Locations tab. -
Click Add Backup Location.
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On the Add Backup Location page, select the Object Store option and specify the following information:
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Name: Specify the name for the backup location, Portworx Backup displays this name as backup location name in the web console.
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Cloud Account: Choose the AWS/S3 compatible object store account credentials this backup location should use to create backups.
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Path / Bucket: Specify the path of the bucket or the name of the bucket that this backup location will place backups into.
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Encryption key (Optional): Enter the optional encryption key to encrypt the backups in-transit. For more information on encryption support, refer Transit data encryption matrix.
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Server-side encryption (SSE-S3): Select this option to encrypt the data (bucket-level or object-level) at destination. For more information, refer Server-side encryption matrix.
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Region: Enter the name of the AWS/S3 compatible object store account region.
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Endpoint: Enter the URL of your cloud storage server or provider.
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Disable SSL: Select this option if your on-premises S3-compliant object store does not support SSL/TLS.
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Storage Class: Choose the S3 storage class for the cloud backups. For more information on the supported storage class types, see S3 storage classes.
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Click Add.
The AWS S3 compatible object store is added in Portworks Backup.
Update Stork deployment spec with add hostNetwork: true and wait for the Stork pods to restart before you take a backup (on S3 object store-based backup location and not for NFS backup locations) in OpenShift Cluster Platform (OCP) on cloud like ARO, ROSA, and ROKS on AWS/S3 compatible object store environments.