# Alibaba Cloud

Steps to connect your Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service (OSS) to SimpleBackups

## Alibaba Cloud

If you are looking to connect your Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service (OSS) to SimpleBackups, follow these steps:

## Storage Policy Setup

1. Log in to your Alibaba Cloud account and navigate to the Alibaba Cloud console.
2. In the console, go to the Object Storage Service (OSS) dashboard and click on the bucket you want to connect with SimpleBackups.
3. Click on the ‘Access Control’ tab and select the ‘Bucket Policy’ option from the left-hand menu.
4. In the ‘Bucket Policy’ tab, add the following policy:

```plain
{
  "Version": "1",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": {
        "AWS": "arn:aws:iam::YOUR_AWS_ACCOUNT_ID:root"
      },
      "Action": [
        "oss:GetObject",
        "oss:PutObject",
        "oss:PutObjectAcl"
        "oss:ListObjects",
        "oss:DeleteObject",
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "acs:oss:*:*:YOUR_BUCKET_NAME/*",
        "acs:oss:*:*:YOUR_BUCKET_NAME"
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

5. Make sure to replace `YOUR_BUCKET_NAME` with the name of your Alibaba Cloud bucket. Once you have added the policy, click on the ‘Save’ button.

## Add to SimpleBackups

1. Now, go to your SimpleBackups storage page [https://my.simplebackups.com/storage](https://my.simplebackups.com/storage) and click on **_Connect Storage +_**
2. Select **_S3-Compatible Storage_** from the list of available options
3. Enter the required details, including your `Access Key`, `Secret Key`, and `Bucket Name`
4. Enter the `Region` of your bucket
5. Enter your `Endpoint` (you can refer to [https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/object-storage-service/latest/regions-and-endpoints](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/en/object-storage-service/latest/regions-and-endpoints)) - copy the **Public endpoint** value
6. Click on the **_Validate_** button to ensure that the connection is successful.
7. If the connection is successful, click on the **_Save Storage_** button to complete the process.

That’s it! Your Alibaba Cloud storage is now connected to SimpleBackups, and you can use it to store your backups.