《50_How to Use Amazon S3 with QNAP Turbo NAS》.docx

How to Use Amazon S3 with QNAP Turbo NAS Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is an online storage web service provided by Amazon Web Services. QNAP Turbo NAS supports Amazon S3 to allow the users to back up the data from the NAS to Amazon S3, or download it from Amazon S3 to the NAS at anytime. Besides, the users can also create scheduled replication job for daily, weekly, or monthly backup. To use the Amazon S3 feature on QNAP NAS, follow the steps below: Getting an Amazon S3 Account Step 1: Sign up/ Login Amazon Web Services Account You need to sign up for Amazon S3 account (/s3/). For the price information, please refer to the Amazon web services website. Step 2: Get Your Access Key ID and Secret Access Key Once you have successfully signed up an account, you will receive your Access Key ID and Secret Access Key. Please keep your ID and key safe. If you have missed the?Access Key ID?and?Secret Access Key?notification, click "Your Account" and choose "Security Credentials" to retrieve them. You can check the account activities, view the payment, and change your profile etc. under "Your Account". Now your Amazon S3 account is created and ready to go. Using Amazon S3 on Your PC Your Amazon S3 account starts with a clean root account. On the root is where you create buckets. A?bucket refers to a root folder in Amazon S3. You can create multiple buckets, and upload your folders and images to the buckets. Before creating any remote replication job on QNAP NAS, please create at least one bucket on Amazon S3 by an Amazon S3 application. For the beginners, we recommend the S3Fox Firefox add-on. Using Amazon S3 with Firefox S3Fox Make sure you have installed? HYPERLINK "/en-US/firefox/" \t "_blank" Firefox browser?and? HYPERLINK "/ext/s3fox.php" \t "_blank" S3Fox. Step 1: Launch S3 Organizer Open a Firefox web browser. Go to "Tools" and select "S3 Organizer". Step 2: Set up account Click "Manage Accounts" and enter your Amazon S3 account information with S3 Organizer.