AWS EC2

Create your AWS credentials

Create a custom EC2 policy for snapshots

• Connect to your AWS Console

• Head to IAM/Policies management page

• Click on "Create policy"

• Click on JSON and paste the custom policy below:

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "SimpleBackupsEc2Snapshots",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ec2:CreateImage",
        "ec2:CreateSnapshot",
        "ec2:CreateSnapshots",
        "ec2:CreateTags",
        "ec2:DescribeInstances",
        "ec2:DescribeSnapshots",
        "ec2:DescribeVolumes",
        "ec2:DescribeImages",
        "ec2:DeregisterImage",
        "ec2:DeleteSnapshot"
      ],
      "Resource": [
        "*"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

• Give the policy a name, "Ec2SnapshotsPolicy" then click on "Create policy"

Create a EC2 user for snapshots

• Head to IAM/Users management page

• Click on "Add users"

Step 1: Set user access

• Define a name to your user, let’s say Ec2SnapshotsUser.

Step 2: Attach policy to user

• Select "Attach policies directly" and select "Ec2SnapshotsPolicy" (we created in the earlier step).

Step 3: Finalize user creation

• Review and create the user.

Step 4: View user and create credentials

• After the user is created, click on “View user” or just search for the user and choose it.

• Click on Security credentials then Create access key

• Choose “Application running outside AWS” then Next

• Finally, click Create access key and grab your access and secret keys

Connect your AWS Account to SimpleBackups

• Connect to your SimpleBackups account

• Head to the Snapshots/Create page

• Click on "Connect a new provider"

• Provider: Select AWS EC2

• Name: Internal name. It doesn't necessarily have to match your AWS IAM User Name

• Enter the "Access Key" and "Secret" generated in the previous step

• Region: this is where your resources are created. If you use multiple regions, repeat the same steps with the other region

• Save