Add-VBOAmazonS3Account

Short Description

Creates Amazon S3 storage account credentials.

Syntax

Add-VBOAmazonS3Account -AccessKey <String> -SecurityKey <SecureString> [-Description <String>][<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates the VBOAmazonS3Account object. Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 will use these storage account credentials to access Amazon S3 storage.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
AccessKey	Specifies an access key. The cmdlet will use this key to add Amazon S3 storage account credentials to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365.	String	True	Named	False	False
SecurityKey	Specifies a secret key. The cmdlet will use this secret key to add the Amazon storage account credentials to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365.	SecureString	True	Named	False	False
Description	Specifies a description for Amazon S3 storage account credentials.	String	False	Named	False	False

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

Output Object

The cmdlet returns the VBOAmazonS3Account object that contains Amazon S3 storage account credentials.

Examples

Add-VBOAmazonS3Account Example 1. Adding Amazon S3 Storage Account Credentials

This example shows how to add Amazon S3 storage account credentials to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365.

$securepassword = Read-Host "Enter your password" -AsSecureString

Enter your password: **********

Add-VBOAmazonS3Account -AccessKey "867F16FDE95B12DF" -SecurityKey $securepassword

Perform the following steps:

Run the Read-Host cmdlet. Specify the message that the console will display as a prompt. Provide the AsSecureString parameter. Save the result to the $securepassword variable.
Enter the password.
Run the Add-VBOAmazonS3Account cmdlet. Specify the AccessKey parameter value. Set $securepassword as the SecurityKey parameter value.

Add-VBOAmazonS3Account Example 2. Adding Amazon S3 Storage Account Credentials with Description

This example shows how to add Amazon S3 storage account credentials with a description.

$securepassword = Read-Host "Enter your password" -AsSecureString

Enter your password: **********

Add-VBOAmazonS3Account -AccessKey "eu7^vuKvvhcrtbP" -SecurityKey $securepassword -Description "Amazon S3 Credential Records"

Perform the following steps:

Run the Read-Host cmdlet. Specify the message that the console will display as a prompt. Provide the AsSecureString parameter. Save the result to the $securepassword variable.
Enter the password.
Run the Add-VBOAmazonS3Account cmdlet. Specify the following settings:

Set the $securepassword variable as the SecurityKey parameter value.
Specify the AccessKey parameter value.
Specify the Description parameter value.

Related Commands

Read-Host