About this guide

This guide explains how to set up Backup Gateway on Amazon to store backups in the Amazon cloud.

Briefly, you will need to do the following:

  1. Deploy an instance with Acronis Cyber Infrastructure from an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) on Amazon EC2.
  2. Obtain the password and log in to the Acronis Cyber Infrastructure admin panel.
  3. Set up Backup Gateway to work with the Amazon cloud.

All these steps are described in the next chapters.

Common tasks related to Backup Gateway are described in the following sections of the Backup Gateway Quick Start Guide:

  • Connecting to public cloud storage via Backup Gateway
  • Migrating backups from older solutions
  • Monitoring Backup Gateway
  • Releasing nodes from Backup Gateway