Backblaze Configurations

Note: As an unsupported destination - we do NOT recommend using Backblaze B2 as a destination and will no longer provide any technical support for issues that directly involves Backblaze B2. For more information, please refer to our knowledgebase article.

Create Backblaze Bucket

Sign up/in with your account at BackBlaze.

Click on "Bucket" at the "B2 Cloud Storage" sidebar.

backblaze bucket location


Click on "Create new bucket". Give your bucket a unique name, and choose "private".

backblaze bucket creation


Please take note of the bucket's name and region.

backblaze bucket region

Backblaze default lifecycle configuration will keep all versions of the same file. This should be set to "Keep only last version" to prevent excess storage usage.


Create BackBlaze API Keys

Click on "App Keys" at the "B2 Cloud Storage" sidebar.

backblaze appkey location

Click on "Add a New Application Key".

When not using master application keys, the application key must have all privileges (Read and Write) on the targeted bucket.

backblaze appkey creation

Please take note of the application key's "KeyID" and "Application Key" for the Access/Secret Key portion.

backblaze appkey save