Nakivo: creating a Backup Repository
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You need to create a bucket in your Impossible Cloud Storage console. Here is a to the Impossible Cloud Storage documentation, which includes detailed instructions and screenshots for creating a bucket. If you plan to use Nakivo’s immutability feature, make sure to enable versioning and object lock for the bucket. You don’t need to set a retention period at the bucket level - Nakivo will manage that automatically.
Proceed by installing Nakivo on your system. Follow the to complete the installation process.
Open the Nakivo web interface, browse to Settings -> Inventory. Click '+'.
Select 'Cloud Storage' (Amazon, Microsoft Azure, Wasabi, Backblaze, Generic S3-compatible Storage) and click 'Next'.
Select 'Generic S3-compatible Storage' and click 'Next'.
Enter the storage options and click Connect. When a pop-up with 'Certificate details' appears, click 'Accept'. Click 'Finish'.
Wait until the new inventory item has been added.
Browse to Settings -> Repositories. Click "+" - > Create new backup repository.
Select 'Cloud & S3 compatible Storage' and click 'Next'.
Select "Generic S3-compatible Storage' and click 'Next'.
Give your new repository some comprehensive name and select the inventory item you previously created from the 'Account' drop-down menu. Select a bucket for your backup data from the 'Bucket' drop-down menu and click Next.
Configure options and click Finish.
Wait until the new backup repository has been added. You are ready to begin backing up your data to Impossible Cloud.