S3 Setup

What you’ll need

An S3 bucket (or S3-compatible bucket, such as MinIO)
An access key with read/write permissions to that bucket

Steps

Create or choose a bucket

In your AWS account (or other S3-compatible provider), create a bucket dedicated to backups, or use an existing one.

Create an access key

Generate an Access Key ID and Secret Access Key with permissions scoped to that bucket.

Add the storage in savemydb

From the Storage page, click Add Storage, select S3, and fill in:

Field	Description
Name	A label for this storage destination.
Access Key ID	From the key you created.
Secret Access Key	From the key you created.
Region	The bucket’s region, for example `us-east-1`.
Bucket	The bucket name.
Endpoint	Optional — only needed for non-AWS S3-compatible providers like MinIO.

Minimum required permissions

The access key only needs the following actions on the target bucket:

{
  "Effect": "Allow",
  "Action": ["s3:PutObject", "s3:GetObject", "s3:ListBucket"],
  "Resource": ["arn:aws:s3:::your-bucket-name", "arn:aws:s3:::your-bucket-name/*"]
}

Scoping the access key to only these actions, rather than full account access, limits exposure if the key is ever compromised.

Connecting Your Own Storage Dropbox Setup

Getting Started

Setting Up Backups

Databases

Storage

Backup Jobs

Monitoring

Account & Settings

Troubleshooting

FAQ

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