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Merge pull request #1924 from cuspat96/master 

Clarify B2 Application Keys once again
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Alexander Neumann 2018-08-03 21:15:16 +02:00
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@ -301,12 +301,7 @@ dashboard in on the "Buckets" page when signed into your B2 account:
$ export B2_ACCOUNT_ID=<MY_ACCOUNT_ID>
$ export B2_ACCOUNT_KEY=<MY_SECRET_ACCOUNT_KEY>
You can either specify the so-called "Master Application Key" here (which can
access any bucket at any path) or a dedicated "Application Key" created just
for restic (which may be restricted to a specific bucket and/or path). The
master key consists of a ``B2_ACCOUNT_ID`` and a ``B2_ACCOUNT_KEY``, and each
application key also is a pair of ``B2_ACCOUNT_ID`` and ``B2_ACCOUNT_KEY``. The
ID of an application key is much longer than the ID of the master key.
.. note:: In case you want to use Backblaze Application Keys replace <MY_ACCOUNT_ID> and <MY_SECRET_ACCOUNT_KEY> with <applicationKeyId> and <applicationKey> respectively.
You can then initialize a repository stored at Backblaze B2. If the
bucket does not exist yet and the credentials you passed to restic have the