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Backblaze Setup

A guide to setup Backblaze and get your keys

Setup

A guide to setup the backblaze and get your keys

Create a Bucket

Before you begin: You must enable a Backblaze B2 account.

  1. Sign in to the Backblaze web console.
  2. In the left navigation menu under B2 Cloud Storage, click Buckets.
  3. Click Create a Bucket.

create-bucket

  1. Enter a name for your bucket. Bucket names must be at least six characters and globally unique.
  2. A message is displayed if your bucket name is already in use.
  3. Select a privacy setting: Private or Public.

create-bucket

bucket-created

Here you can see the:

This is S3-compatible endpoint

EndPoint: s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com

Region: eu-central-003

Create Application keys

  1. Sign in to the Backblaze web console.
  2. In the left navigation menu under B2 Cloud Storage, click Application Keys

Application-key-button

  1. Click Add a New Application Key, and enter an app key name.

add-application-key

  1. Choose the appropriate bucket you want to give access to.
  2. Select your access type (Read and Write is required here for backups to work from Aquanode's Console).
  3. Click Create New Key.

create-Application-key

  1. Note the resulting keyID and applicationKey values.

application-keys

Hurray we got the keys!

We already got:

EndPoint: s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com

Region: eu-central-003

Bucket Name (that we set): back-bucket