Amazon S3 Object Tagging

Categorize and organize your GitHub repository backups in Amazon S3 using object tagging with Cloudback, supporting custom tags and repository-specific variables.

Amazon S3 Object Tagging is a feature provided by Amazon Web Services in their Simple Storage Service. It's designed to help you to categorize your storage. Cloudback supports S3 Object Tagging feature using custom HTTP headers for the the PutObject API call.

Getting Started

HTTP headers for S3 Object Tagging

x-amz-tagging: The tag-set for the object.

• The tag-set must be encoded as URL Query parameters. (For example, "Key1=Value1").

Important: s3:PutObjectTagging permission is required. You should grant the permission at a bucket level and at an access point level if applicable.

Example:

x-amz-tagging: Key1=Value1&Key2=Value2

Build-in variables

You can use the following variables in the x-amz-tagging header:

• {{ context.RepositoryName }}: The name of the repository that is being backed up.

• {{ context.AccountName }}: The name of the owner account of the repository that is being backed up.

Example:

x-amz-tagging: RepositoryName={{ context.RepositoryName }}&AccountName={{ context.AccountName }}

Configure your storage in the Storage page

You can add a header using the Storages Page. Click on the + New storage or Edit Storage button. Fill in the required details for the storage and you will see the Additional HTTP headers section. Add the x-amz-tagging header with the value you need.

Custom HTTP headers

Additional HTTP headers are supported for all S3 compatible storages:

• Amazon S3 Bucket: Access Point

• Amazon S3 Bucket: Access Key

• OpenStack Swift Container: S3 API

• Wasabi S3 Bucket: Access Key

Learn more

• External Article: Categorizing your storage using tags

• External Article: PutObject Request Syntax

• Amazon S3 Object Lock

• Customer Managed Storages