# IONOS

Steps to connect your IONOS storage to SimpleBackups

## How to Connect your IONOS bucket to SimpleBackups

### 1. Create your IONOS Bucket

- Sign in your IONOS account at [IONOS DCD 3.49.6 | Welcome to IONOS!](https://dcd.ionos.com/latest/)
- From the menu choose **Storage** then select **IONOS S3 Object Storage**

![IONOS screenshot 1](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/media-helpkit-co/f69d3225d0031b4addbf.png)

- Click **Create Bucket**, then choose the **region** and enter **the bucket name** then click on **Create Bucket**

![IONOS screenshot 2](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/media-helpkit-co/1b0e5695ea7ad42b64f7.png)

![IONOS screenshot 3](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/media-helpkit-co/49981bd63be41e73075f.png)

### 2. Create your IONOS Credentials/Access Key

In order to grant access to your bucket, we'll need to create an Access Key.

- Now switch to the other tab **Key Management** and click on **Generate a key**

![IONOS screenshot 4](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/media-helpkit-co/b9e778f392d1bd8f5e41.png)

- Copy the “**Access key**” and “**Secret key**” to somewhere safe.

![IONOS screenshot 5](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/media-helpkit-co/37dc455f963bbb2d0fe1.png)

### 3. Connect your Bucket to SimpleBackups

- Log into SimpleBackups and head to the [connect your storage](https://my.simplebackups.com/storage/create) page
- Pick **"IONOS"** as storage provider and fill in the "Connect your storage" form with the information from step 1 and 2.

![IONOS screenshot 6](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/media-helpkit-co/a4976bfb633d10cb5975.png)

You'll have to input :

- **Access Key**: Access key described in (step 2)
- **Secret Key**: Secret key described in (step 2)
- **Region**: Bucket region described in (step 1)
- **Bucket**: Bucket name described in (step 1)
- Give your storage a **name** (usually we like to use the Bucket name) and click on "Save new storage".