Add-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount

Short Description

Creates S3 Compatible storage account credentials.

Syntax

Add-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount -AccessKey <string> -SecurityKey <securestring> [-Description <string>][<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet creates the VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount object. This object contains storage account credentials for the following types of object storage:

S3 Compatible object storage.
IBM Cloud object storage.

Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365 will use these storage account credentials to access these object 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 S3 Compatible storage account credentials to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365.	String	True	Named	False	False
SecurityKey	Specifies a secret key. The cmdlet will use this key to add S3 Compatible storage account credentials to Veeam Backup for Microsoft 365.	SecureString	True	Named	False	False
Description	Specifies a description for S3 Compatible 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 VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount object that contains S3 Compatible storage account credentials.

Examples

Add-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount Example 1. Adding S3 Compatible Credentials

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

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

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

Add-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount -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-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount cmdlet. Specify the AccessKey parameter value. Set $securepassword as the SecurityKey parameter value.

Add-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount Example 2. Adding S3 Compatible Credentials with Description

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

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

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

Add-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount -AccessKey "eu7^vuKvvhcrtbP" -SecurityKey $securepassword -Description "S3 Compatible 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-VBOAmazonS3CompatibleAccount cmdlet. Specify the following settings:

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

Related Commands

Read-Host