# FDB Backup, minio, and minio gateway (paid service)

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**Category:** Running FoundationDB\
**Created:** [September 20, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/fdb-backup-minio-and-minio-gateway-paid-service/2898 "2021-09-20T18:14:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![harikb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/harikb/32/1033_2.png) [@harikb](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/harikb)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/fdb-backup-minio-and-minio-gateway-paid-service/2898/1 "2021-09-20T18:14:03Z")

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Hi,

Is anyone in this using minio on Azure for fdb backups? If so, are you using standalone product or the managed/paid Minio gateway ?

How are you getting past this issue?

> <https://github.com/apple/foundationdb/issues/2907>
>
> It is currently using v2, which is being phased out on June 24, 2020, though buc…kets existing before then will still support v2 for a while.
> 
> Phase out info:
> https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-s3-update-sigv2-deprecation-period-extended-modified/
> 
> V4 specification:
> https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/sig-v4-authenticating-requests.html

As far as I know, minio has already switched to v4 and wouldn’t allow turning on v2 either (labeled insecure) [Allow use of Signature v2 in S3 gateway configuration · Issue #7961 · minio/minio · GitHub](https://github.com/minio/minio/issues/7961)

My repeated attempts end up with errors that look like

> [@\[RESOLVED?\] Fdbbackup 'Platform error' on 'file\_backup\_write\_range'](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/resolved-fdbbackup-platform-error-on-file-backup-write-range/412):
>
> TL;DR fdbbackup seems to require permission for parent directory of a backup url. (e.g for file:///path/to/backup, permission of /path/to do matter) UPDATE: It seems that parent of parent directory affect the error. I’m trying to execute fdbbackup. Using the latest docker file of [Simple Dockerfile](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/simple-dockerfile/280). Start a server. $ docker run --init --rm --name=fdb-a -v fdb-a:/var/lib/foundationdb hiroshi3110/foundationdb:5.1.5-1\_ubuntu-16.04 ./start.sh Configure new cluster. /etc/init.d/foundationdb: lin…

(No, I am not trying local filesystem unlike that thread)  
and this error

> [@"backup failure: Could not create backup container: Operation timed out" with version 6.3.9](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/backup-failure-could-not-create-backup-container-operation-timed-out-with-version-6-3-9/2703):
>
> I am using a Ubuntu 18.04 vm created by Vagrant and then deploying foundationdb-clients\_6.3.9-1\_amd64.deb and foundationdb-server\_6.3.9-1\_amd64.deb. I have not configured TLS on foundationdb. After deployment , I used fdbcli to enter a few key values This is the command I used for starting a backup: fdbbackup start -d blobstore://key:secret@s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/fb1?bucket=foundationdbbackups --log -t test1 console output: ERROR: Could not create backup container: Operation timed out …

Thanks

Hari