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Manual: Add note about s3 bucket locations

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@ -457,18 +457,20 @@ $ export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<MY_ACCESS_KEY>
$ export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<MY_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY> $ export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<MY_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY>
``` ```
You can then easily initialize a repository that uses your Amazon S3 as a backend. You can then easily initialize a repository that uses your Amazon S3 as a backend, if the bucket does not exist yet it will be created in the default location:
```console ```console
$ restic -r s3:eu-central-1/bucket_name init $ restic -r s3:s3.amazonaws.com/bucket_name init
enter password for new backend: enter password for new backend:
enter password again: enter password again:
created restic backend eefee03bbd at s3:eu-central-1/bucket_name created restic backend eefee03bbd at s3:s3.amazonaws.com/bucket_name
Please note that knowledge of your password is required to access the repository. Please note that knowledge of your password is required to access the repository.
Losing your password means that your data is irrecoverably lost. Losing your password means that your data is irrecoverably lost.
``` ```
Fro an s3-compatible server that is not Amazon (like Minio, see below), or is It is not possible at the moment to have restic create a new bucket in a different location, so you need to create it using a different program. Afterwards, the S3 server (`s3.amazonaws.com`) will redirect restic to the correct endpoint.
For an S3-compatible server that is not Amazon (like Minio, see below), or is
only available via HTTP, you can specify the URL to the server like this: only available via HTTP, you can specify the URL to the server like this:
`s3:http://server:port/bucket_name`. `s3:http://server:port/bucket_name`.