.. _Setting Up Backup Gateway:

Setting Up Backup Gateway
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Important Requirements and Restrictions
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Creating Backup Gateway
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#. On the **Public cloud parameters** pane, select **Amazon S3**, the desired region, and fill out the keys and bucket information.

   .. important:: The specified bucket folder must be writeable.

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#. On the **Volume parameters** pane, leave volume parameters as they are.

#. On the **DNS configuration** pane, paste the instance hostname in the **DNS name** field.

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#. Finally, click **DONE**.

After setting up the Backup Gateway, log in to Acronis Backup Cloud and perform a test backup to the Amazon cloud to make sure that everything is working correctly.