# UpCloud

Steps to connect your UpCloud storage to SimpleBackups

## How to Connect your UpCloud bucket to SimpleBackups

### 1. Create your UpCloud Bucket

- Sign in your UpCloud account at [https://hub.upcloud.com/](https://hub.upcloud.com/)
- Go to [https://hub.upcloud.com/object-storage/2.0/new](https://hub.upcloud.com/object-storage/2.0/new) or navigate to "Object Storage" and click on **"New Object Storage"**

![UpCloud screenshot 1](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/media-helpkit-co/df9dbf7f0464259f13e9.png)

- Select the **location** for your storage (think about GDPR rules, if you're an EU company)
- Make sure to keep **"Public network access"** option enabled
- **Name** your storage
- Click **“Create Object Storage”**
- After the storage is created, open the storage

![UpCloud screenshot 2](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/media-helpkit-co/fcaeef21c3f5256793da.png)

- On **“Overview”** tab, you can find the s3 endpoint under **“Public Access”** section

![UpCloud screenshot 3](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/media-helpkit-co/e4775405e9330611302b.png)

- On **“Buckets”** tab, create your bucket.

![UpCloud screenshot 4](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/media-helpkit-co/808911e8d7386a539a82.png)

- On **“Users”** tab, create a user.

![UpCloud screenshot 5](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/media-helpkit-co/08f2255d249ab11404de.png)

- On the user created click **“Access Key”** to create a key

![UpCloud screenshot 6](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/media-helpkit-co/c6327fedf28c632ad879.png)

- Then, click on **“Policy”** to attach a policy, you may choose **s3 full access** or **s3 read only access** based on how you intend to use your storage

![UpCloud screenshot 7](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/media-helpkit-co/39564777b67fe5fca7c3.png)

### Information You'll Need In Step 2

- Your **Bucket name**, in this example "my-bucket-1"
- Your **Bucket region**, in this example "fi-hel2"
- Your **Bucket endpoint**, in this example "https://obmdc.upcloudobjects.com"
- Your **Bucket access key**
- Your **Bucket secret key**

### 2. Connect your UpCloud bucket to SimpleBackups

- Go to the [connect your storage](https://my.simplebackups.com/storage/create) page
- Select **"UpCloud"** as storage provider and fill in the "Connect your storage" form with the information from step 1.

![UpCloud screenshot 8](https://simplebackups.com/docs/docs-assets/media-helpkit-co/6f2378ceab9edfa9fa63.png)

You'll have to input :

- **Key**: Access Key described in step 1
- **Secret**: Secret Key described in step 1
- **Region**: Bucket location described in step 1
- **Bucket**: Bucket name described in step 1
- **Endpoint**: Storage endpoint described in step 1, make sure not to include the bucket name but only the storage (as described in the helper).
- Give your storage a **name** (usually we like to use the Bucket name) and click on "Save new storage".

Congratulations, you have now connected your UpCloud storage!