1. Setup your Amazon account by registering on: http://aws.amazon.com.
2. Click the IAM icon on the Cloud administration console to create a Cloud user.
3. The User Access Key IDs and Secret Access Keys are automatically generated.
4. Write down and save the Access Key IDs and Secret Access Keys. You will use these values later in the
LiteSpeed Cloud account registration.
5. Select the Permissions tab in the Cloud admin console and assign these Access permissions.
For LiteSpeed version 8.9.1 that is:
ListBucket
GetBucketLocation
Get
PutObject
DeleteObject
(Note: DeleteObject is only needed if you want to delete backups or use the Litespeed parameter “init=1.”)
See KB article 255392 for the permissions required if you are using a version of LiteSpeed earlier than 8.9.1. URL is below:
https://support.quest.com/litespeed-for-sql-server/kb/255392/amazon-s3-backup-restore-and-permissions-for-litespeed
6. Use the Cloud admin console to create a Bucket Name and Region. This is the location where your
backup files will be stored.
7. Write down and save the Bucket Name and Region. You will use these values later in the LiteSpeed
Cloud account registration.
8. Use the following procedure to register your Amazon S3 Cloud account with LiteSpeed.From the LiteSpeed User guide, page 36.
Item 5 is key. You must have the permissions.