From 645dc21f7a98f5aa92b9a7c78fb8477db6a75515 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 10:44:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Mention the need for an AWS account for S3 setup --- docs/references/selfhosting.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/references/selfhosting.md b/docs/references/selfhosting.md index 05aad1104..ceb7e74d8 100644 --- a/docs/references/selfhosting.md +++ b/docs/references/selfhosting.md @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ as soon as possible. Provide S3 backup credentials in the `Settings` page. -Create a bucket in S3. The bucket can be setup to periodically delete old backups by +Create a bucket in S3 (You have to have an account at [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/)). The bucket can be setup to periodically delete old backups by adding a lifecycle rule using the AWS console. S3 supports both permanent deletion or moving objects to the cheaper Glacier storage class based on an age attribute. With the current daily backup schedule a setting of two days should be sufficient