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Add-VBRAmazonAccount

Short Description

Creates AWS credentials records.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

Product Edition: Community, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Syntax

Add-VBRAmazonAccount -AccessKey <string> -SecretKey <string> [-Description <string>]  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates the VBRAmazonAccount object. This object contains AWS credentials records to access the following services:

  • Amazon S3
  • Amazon EC2
  • S3 Compatible (including IBM Cloud object storage)

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

AccessKey

Specifies an access key. The cmdlet will use this key to add AWS credentials records to Veeam Backup & Replication.

True

Named

False

 

SecretKey

Specifies a secret key. The cmdlet will use this secret key to add the Amazon credentials records to Veeam Backup & Replication.

True

Named

False

 

Description

Specifies a description for AWS credentials records.

False

Named

False

 

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the About CommonParameters section of Microsoft Docs.

Return Type

Example

This command creates an AWS credentials record.

Add-VBRAmazonAccount -AccessKey "ABCDEFGHIGKLMNOP" -SecretKey "vmdkflvm8908GUIEIE" -Description "Amazon credentials"