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  • About OpenStack Swift
  • Set up OpenStack Swift Bucket as a customer managed storage
  • Create a new Google Cloud storage
  • Set up storage settings
  • Provide OpenStack Swift Server URL
  • Enter container name
  • Provide Wasabi Access Key ID and Access Key Secret
  • Provide additional HTTP headers (Optional)
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OpenStack Swift

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About OpenStack Swift

The , known as Swift, offers cloud storage software so that you can store and retrieve lots of data with a simple API. It's built for scale and optimized for durability, availability, and concurrency across the entire data set. Swift is ideal for storing unstructured data that can grow without bound.

Cloudback supports OpenStack Swift via S3 API. You can check out the General compatibility statement in the .

Set up OpenStack Swift Bucket as a customer managed storage

To set up Wasabi Bucket as a storage for your backups, follow the steps below.

Create a new Google Cloud storage

  • Type a storage name in the Storage name field. Use a name that will help you identify this storage in the future.

  • Select Swift S3 from a Storage Provider dropdown:

Set up storage settings

Choose the settings for the storage:

Provide OpenStack Swift Server URL

In the Step 1, provide the OpenStack Swift Server URL. The URL is used to connect to the OpenStack Swift storage.

Enter container name

Provide Wasabi Access Key ID and Access Key Secret

Provide additional HTTP headers (Optional)

Save storage

Change the storage for a repository

Learn more

Deduplication type - enable or disable data deduplication. For more details, please refer to the documentation

Archive type - enable or disable archive password protection. For more details, please refer to the documentation

Archive name pattern - configure the archive name pattern, which is used to generate the name of the backup archive. For more details, please refer to the documentation

In the Step 2, provide the container name. The container is used to store backups in the OpenStack Swift storage. You can find more information on how to create a container in the .

In the Step 3, provide the Access Key ID and Access Key Secret of . These credentials are used to authenticate Cloudback with OpenStack Swift. You can learn more about how to configure the storage in the .

In the Step 4 field you can provide additional HTTP headers to be used when uploading backups to the bucket. The headers can be used to set the or headers.

Deduplication
Password-Protected Backups
Archive Name Pattern
OpenStack Swift documentation
EC2 credentials
OpenStack Swift documentation
S3 Object Lock
S3 Object Tagging
Customer Managed Storages
Dashboard Overview
Repository Details
Bulk Operations
Replicating Backups
OpenStack Object Store project
OpenStack Swift documentation
OpenStack Swift storage settings

Click on Save button to save the new storage. You can also use a Test button to check if the storage is configured correctly. After saving the storage, you can use it for storing backups of your repositories.

All storage settings can be changed later in the Storages page. To edit the storage settings, click on the Edit button next to the storage you want to edit.

You can change the storage for a particular repository in the page. Also, you can assign it to multiple repositories through the .

Repository Details
Bulk Operations
  • Navigate to the Storages page by clicking on the Storages link in the left-side navigation pane

  • Click on the + New storage button:

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