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Create a Swift location on Swiss Backup
This guide explains how to create a new device (cloud backup via OpenStack Swift) on Swiss Backup, the independent Swiss cloud backup solution.
Prerequisites
- Order an Infomaniak Swiss Backup space
- when ordering, define the quota of available device(s) (minimum 1) under backup type Cloud:
- if necessary, increase the device quota according to your needs
Add a device (for OpenStack Swift connection)
To access Swiss Backup and set up a new free backup:
- Log in to the Infomaniak Manager (manager.infomaniak.com) from a web browser like Brave or Firefox
- Click on the icon in the top right corner of the interface (or navigate through the left side menu, for example)
- Choose Swiss Backup (in the Cloud Computing universe)
- Click on the name of the relevant object in the displayed table:
- Click on the blue Manage my devices button (in the Cloud Backup Space section):
- Click on the blue Add a device button:
- Choose the type/protocol of free Swift backup
- Click on the blue Continue button:
- Choose the user who will receive the login information (if necessary, choose a user different from yours and specify the person's details in the next additional step)
- Click on the blue Continue button:
- Give a name to the backup
- Set the maximum disk space that this backup space should represent from the total volume of subscribed Swiss Backup, increasing if necessary the total size through the blue link
- Click on the blue Continue button:
- Click on the blue button to view the login information:
- This part mentions, among other things, the number representing the location, useful to complete some information you will need to provide when configuring your backup application
- This part gives an example of a backup method, facilitated through the download of a configuration profile
- This part provides all the login information
- The location or hostname
- The password (to generate it, use the blue link that will open the assistant in a browser popup or via the link received by email) and other additional information, such as the Tenant, for certain backup applications:
What's next?
Once the device has been added to the Swiss Backup interface within the Infomaniak Manager, you can configure the application of your choice to start your Cloud backups via the protocol mentioned in this guide.
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