Ian Weaver

IT Engineer based in the UK

Wasabi Cloud Backup

I have created a cloud backup to Wasabi Cloud using the Duplicati backup client.

1) Create a Wasabi account at https://wasabi.com

Sign up to Wasabi Cloud - 30 day trial is available:
Sign up to Wasabi Cloud - 30 day trial is available:

2) Create a storage Bucket:

Buckets > Create a Bucket
Buckets > Create a Bucket
Bucket names must be in DNS format .i.e. No spaces. Here I chose the <b>eu-west-1 </b>Datacentre as i
Bucket names must be in DNS format .i.e. No spaces. Here I chose the eu-west-1 Datacentre as i'm UK based.
Option 4 of Create a Bucket allows you to setup replication between Buckets as a further form of redundancy, this is included in your Wasabi subscription.
Option 4 of Create a Bucket allows you to setup replication between Buckets as a further form of redundancy, this is included in your Wasabi subscription.

3) Create a folder structure within Bucket:

Here you can see the size of your folder and when it was last modified.
Here you can see the size of your folder and when it was last modified.

4) Create a user, you will have a default root user, it is not advised to use this for your backup job. Create a new Admin user for this purpose:

Once the new user is created, ensure to add them to the WasabiFullAccess group:

5) Create Access and secret Keys:

Remember to keep this information somewhere safe
Remember to keep this information somewhere safe

6) Download and install the latest Duplicati build from Duplicati.com. This creates a local server at default location:
localhost:8020

This is the main Duplicati UI
This is the main Duplicati UI

7) Create a backup job:

set the Encryption level and set a passphrase
set the Encryption level and set a passphrase
Choose S3 storage and the Wasabi Datacentre chosen earlier. Enter the bucket name created within Wasabi. Add your Access and Secret keys here.
Choose S3 storage and the Wasabi Datacentre chosen earlier. Enter the bucket name created within Wasabi. Add your Access and Secret keys here.
Choose the local file path you want to backup
Choose the local file path you want to backup
Set the backup schedule
Set the backup schedule
Set the retention policy here.
Set the retention policy here.
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