Amazon S3 Object Tagging

Amazon S3 Object Tagging is a feature provided by Amazon Web Services in their Simple Storage Service. It’s designed to help you to categorize your storage. Cloudback supports S3 Object Tagging feature using custom HTTP headers for the the PutObject API call.

Getting Started

HTTP headers for S3 Object Tagging

x-amz-tagging: The tag-set for the object.

• The tag-set must be encoded as URL Query parameters. (For example, “Key1=Value1”).

Important: s3:PutObjectTagging permission is required. You should grant the permission at a bucket level and at an access point level if applicable.

Example:

x-amz-tagging

Build-in variables

You can use the following variables in the x-amz-tagging header:

• {{ context.RepositoryName }}: The name of the repository that is being backed up.

• {{ context.AccountName }}: The name of the owner account of the repository that is being backed up.

Example:

x-amz-tagging

Configure your storage in the Storage Wizard dialog

You can add an additional header using the Storage Wizard dialog. Click on the + New storage or Edit Storage button in the middle of the repository card settings. Fill in the required details for the storage and you will see the Additional HTTP headers section. Add the x-amz-tagging header with the value you need.

Additional HTTP headers are supported for all S3 compatible storages:

• Amazon S3 Bucket: Access Point

• Amazon S3 Bucket: Access Key

• OpenStack Swift Container: S3 API

• Wasabi S3 Bucket: Access Key

Example Storage Wizard screenshot:

Learn more

• External Article: Categorizing your storage using tags

• External Article: PutObject Request Syntax

• Amazon S3 Object Lock

• Customer Managed Storages