# CEPH

Steps to connect your CEPH storage to SimpleBackups

## How to connect your CEPH bucket to SimpleBackups as a storage

- Go to [Create Storage — SimpleBackups.com Local](https://my.simplebackups.com/storage/create) page.

![CEPH screenshot 1](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/media-helpkit-co/c4a29edee198b4e09a09.png)

- Choose **S3-Compatible Storage** as provider.
- Fill the form with the storage credentials:
- Key ⇒ Access Key for storage.
- Secret ⇒ Access Secret for storage.
- Endpoint ⇒ Endpoint URL you have from your storage provider.
- Bucket ⇒ The bucket name you want to connect to.
- Region ⇒ The region your bucket resides \[also you can leave empty or enter ‘auto’\].
- Path ⇒ The folder path inside the bucket you are willing to use to store your backups.
- Click on **Validate.**
- Choose a name for your storage then click **Save Storage**.

## Notes

- Consider to give the required policy permissions to your bucket \[follow [AWS S3](https://simplebackups.com/docs/storage-providers/aws-s3#limit-s3-access--scope-via-iam-policy)\].
- Currently we support [https://pawsey.org.au](https://pawsey.org.au/) as CEPH storage provider so your **Endpoint** will be like `https://[some-domain].pawsey.org.au` If you use another CEPH storage provider feel free to [contact us](https://simplebackups.com/contact-us/) to help you connect your storage.

See also: [IONOS](https://simplebackups.com/docs/storage-providers/ionos), [SimpleBackups IP addresses (firewall)](https://simplebackups.com/docs/help-tips-and-troubleshooting/connecting-a-server/simplebackups-ip-addresses-firewall).