--- title: "Trusting Veeam AWS Backup to Protect Files" description: "In this tutorial, you’ll learn to deploy and configure Veeam AWS Backup to eliminate the risk of losing your important AWS cloud data." canonical: "https://adamtheautomator.com/veeam-aws/" --- # Trusting Veeam AWS Backup to Protect Files > In this tutorial, you’ll learn to deploy and configure Veeam AWS Backup to eliminate the risk of losing your important AWS cloud data. 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But don’t put up with the struggle; let [Veeam AWS Backup](http://vee.am/zco6Ow) be the solution. In this tutorial, you’ll learn to deploy and configure [Veeam Backup for AWS](http://vee.am/zco6Ow) to eliminate the risk of losing your important AWS cloud data. ## Prerequisites There will be hands-on demonstrations in this tutorial. Be sure to have the following in place to follow along: * Network ports [11005, 443, 22, and 25](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbaws/guide/system_requirements.html?ver=30) outbound open on the computer you intend to install Veeam on. * At least one AWS [Virtual Pr](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpc-subnets-commands-example.html)[i](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpc-subnets-commands-example.html)[vate Cloud(VPC)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/vpc-subnets-commands-example.html) and [S3 bucket](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/creating-bucket.html). Related:[Getting Started with Veeam Backup & Replication and VMware vSphere](https://adamtheautomator.com/veeam-backup/) ## Deploying Veeam Backup for AWS Before you configure Veeam Backup for AWS, you’ll first need to deploy your Veeam solution. To do so, let’s first deploy the Veeam solution to AWS with the [AWS marketplace](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace). 1\. Open your web browser and navigate to the AWS marketplace. 2\. Search **Veeam** on the search bar at the top of the page, and click on any version you want to deploy from the pop-up screen. This tutorial uses the Free Edition, but the deployment process is the same with all available editions. ![Finding the Veeam Backup for AWS CloudFormation template.](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-133.png) Finding the Veeam Backup for AWS CloudFormation template 3\. Click on the **Continue to subscribe** button at the top-right corner of the page to subscribe to Veeam Backup for AWS Free Edition. ![Subscribing to the Veeam Backup for AWS instance](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-134.png) Subscribing to the Veeam Backup for AWS instance 4\. Next, read the terms and conditions, click on the **Continue to configuration** button. ![Accepting terms and conditions](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-135.png) Accepting terms and conditions 5\. Select the default **VB for AWS Deployment-New VPC** as the delivery method from the drop-down box on the configuration page. This tutorial assumes you don’t already have a VPC you’d like to deploy Veeam Backup onto. Pick a region to deploy Veeam Backup into and click on **Continue to launch** when complete. ![Selecting the Veeam Backup for AWS delivery method, version and region](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-136.png) Selecting the Veeam Backup for AWS delivery method, version and region 6\. Next, select **Launch cloud formation** from the **Choose action** drop-down box as the launch action, then click the **launch** button below. AWS will deploy Veeam Backup via a CloudFormation template. ![Launching Veeam Backup for AWS via CloudFormation](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-137.png) Launching Veeam Backup for AWS via CloudFormation 7\. Leave the default template settings. You’ll be using the template that comes with the marketplace item, so ensure you select **Template is ready**, leave **Amazon S3 URL** selected as the URL should already be populated for you, and click **Next**. ![Specifying the CloudFormation stack URL](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-138.png) Specifying the CloudFormation stack URL 8\. Enter a [stack name](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/cfn-using-console-create-stack-parameters.html) (**veeambackup**) in the **Stack name** field. The stack is how CloudFormation describes the entire set of components that you will be deploying. If you already have a [key pair](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-key-pairs.html), you can use those to authenticate to the instance when created or create your own. And finally, select an instance type. You can safely select the default instance of t2.medium as it should have the required resources to run Veeam Backup. ![Providing the CloudFormation stack name and parameters](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-139.png) Providing the CloudFormation stack name and parameters 9\. Next, select **true** when asked to create an elastic IP. This step isn’t required, but it’ll be much easier to connect to Veeam Backup if the IP address isn’t constantly changing on you when you reboot it. ![Assigning a static public IP to the backup instance](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-140.png) Assigning a static public IP to the backup instance 10\. Now, accept the default VPC and Subnet CIDR networks. The subnet contains all of the IPs in use for all instances in the VPC (in this case, just the Veeam Backup instance). Click **Next**. ![Selecting a preferred VPC and subnet](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-141.png) Selecting a preferred VPC and subnet 11\. Check the **I** **acknowledge that AWS CloudFormation might create IAM resources** box, and click on **Create stack**. The CloudFormation template for Veeam Backup needs an IAM user and role to authenticate to various AWS services. Once you click **Create stack**, AWS will begin provisioning the Veaam Backup VPC. ![Creating the CloudFormation stack](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-142.png) Creating the CloudFormation stack 12\. Navigate to your AWS EC2 instances, and you should see a Veeam Backup for AWS EC2 instance. 13\. Click on the Veeam EC2 instance and note the **Public IPv4 address**, as shown below, and the **Instance ID**. You will need these two attributes to configure Veeam [Backup](https://adamtheautomator.com/aws-vpc/) for AWS later. ![Noting the public IP address and instance ID](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-143.png) Noting the public IP address and instance ID Related:[How to Back Up an Amazon AWS VPC for Free with Veeam](https://adamtheautomator.com/aws-vpc/) ## Deploying a Worker Instance Now that you have successfully deployed Veeam Backup for AWS let’s start adding a [worker instance](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbaws/guide/workers.html?ver=30). A worker instance is the component of Veeam AWS Backup that performs image-level backup and restores. To add a worker instance: 1\. Open your favorite browser and navigate to the IP address you took note of in the final step of the “Deploying Veeam Backup for AWS” section and accept the license agreement. 2\. Paste in the instance ID you copied from the last step of the “Deploying Veeam Backup for AWS” section to the **Check Instance ID** field, and click **Next.** ![Providing the Veeam Backup for AWS instance ID](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-144.png) Providing the Veeam Backup for AWS instance ID 3\. Provide a username and password you’ll use to authenticate to Veeam Backup for AWS in the future and click **Create**. ![Creating a user account](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-145.png) Creating a user account 4\. Now, log in to the machine with your credentials created in step three. ![Logging in](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-146.png) Logging in 5\. Once logged in, click on **Configuration** at the top-right corner of the page to open the main configuration pages where you can define many Veeam Backup for AWS settings. ![Configuring Veeam Backup for AWS](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-147.png) Configuring Veeam Backup for AWS 6\. Click on **Workers** on the side menu to begin creating a new worker instance. ![Workers at the side menu](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-08-11-21_29_31-backup-for-aws-_-.png) Workers at the side menu 7\. Next, click the **Add** button with the green cross sign under the **Region Network Settings** section below to add a worker instance. Once you do, a window will pop up where you’ll configure the region network settings. ![Adding a worker instance and selecting a region](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-148.png) Adding a worker instance and selecting a region 8\. Set the region and availability zone for the worker instance you’re deploying in the Add Region window. For this example, choose **US East (Virginia)** and **us-east-1d**, as shown below. ![Picking an AWS region to deploy the worker instance to](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-149.png) Picking an AWS region to deploy the worker instance to 9\. Under Network Settings, select the **Virtual Private Cloud**, **Subnet,** and **Security Group;** you’d like Veeam to create the worker instance when needed temporarily. This VPC will most likely be the same VPC the Veeam Backup EC2 itself is in. ![Selecting a VPC, subnet, and security group for the region](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-150.png) Selecting a VPC, subnet, and security group for the region 10\. Briefly view the summary of the region settings and click **Finish.** ![Review the summary and click finish](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-151.png) Review the summary and click finish ## Adding a Repository After deploying a worker instance, you must create a repository that will store the instructions to restore a backed-up AWS instance. [Veeam Backup for AWS](https://www.veeam.com/aws-backup.html) uses [Amazon S3 buckets](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/) as target locations for EC2 instance image-level backups. 1\. Click on **Repositories** in the left menu to add a repository, then click **New** (with green cross icon)**.** A pop-up window will appear where you’ll configure the repository settings. ![Navigating to Repositories](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-152.png) Navigating to Repositories 2\. In the **Add Repository** window, enter a name for the repository (**veeambackup**) and a description (optional), then click **Next**. ![Providing a name and description for the repository](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-153.png) Providing a name and description for the repository 3\. Under the **Account** tab, select the default IAM role created during deployment of Veeam Backup for AWS, and click **Next**. ![Picking an IAM role to connect to the repository](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-154.png) Picking an IAM role to connect to the repository 4\. Now click on the **Not specified** option in the **Repository** tab to specify any of your existing Amazon S3 buckets. Once specified, the two grayed-out options below become available. ![Selecting an S3 bucket where backup data will be stored](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-155.png) Selecting an S3 bucket where backup data will be stored 5\. Next, select the **Create new folder** option and provide a folder name that will contain all of the information Veeam Backup for AWS will use to restore data. The name of the folder does not matter but should be descriptive of the task. ![Creating a new folder](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-156.png) Creating a new folder 6\. Finally, review the summary and click **Finish.** You’ve now created the setting to which your EC2 instance files will be backed up into or restored from! ![Review the summary](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-157.png) Review the summary ## Creating a Backup Policy You must now create a set of instructions to tell Veeam Backup how to back up your AWS instances. To do that, you’ll use a backup policy. A backup policy defines configuration items like what to back up and when. Even though AWS Veeam Backup can back up various AWS resources, for this tutorial, let’s back up an EC2 instance and all of the files on that instance. To do that: 1\. Click on **Overview** and select **Policies**. ![Navigating to backup policies](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-158.png) Navigating to backup policies 2\. Click **Add** to begin creating a backup policy. Type in a unique name for the policy, and a description, then click **Next**. 3\. Select the default IAM role created during deployment, and click **Choose regions** shown below to select a region. Choose the region where the EC2 instance is located you’d like to back up. In this tutorial, the region is **US East (N. Virginia)**. Once you’ve selected the region, click **Add** and **Apply**. ![Selecting a default IAM Role and choosing a region](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-159.png) Selecting a default IAM Role and choosing a region 4\. Click on the **1 resources will be protected** link under the **Resources** section and select the EC2 instance you’d like to back up. ![Selecting which resources will be included in the backup policy](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-160.png) Selecting which resources will be included in the backup policy 5\. Click next to leave the page as default; you won’t make changes since you will not use any aware [application-aware processing](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/application_aware_processing.html?ver=110) for this tutorial. 6\. Set the backup switch to **On** to enable backups and choose the repository you created earlier. Click on **Apply** and **Next**. 7\. Set your preferred scheduled time to carry out the backups automatically. Click on the link “edit daily setting” to make changes to enable the backups daily, weekly, monthly, or even yearly. Click **apply** and click on **next**. ![Defining a schedule for the backup policy](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-161.png) Defining a schedule for the backup policy 8\. Click **Next;** once you’ve reviewed the estimated monthly cost, the backups will set you back. ![Review the estimated costs](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-162.png) Review the estimated costs 9\. Check the box to automatically retry if the policy fails, and specify the number of times to retry. This setting comes into play if the backup fails for whatever reason. You’re telling Veeam Backup to retry the backup if it fails a certain number of times. When complete, click **Next** to view the summary details. ![Setting retry settings if the backup should fail](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-163.png) Setting retry settings if the backup should fail 10\. Click **Finish** after you’ve reviewed the backup policy summary. ![Review and click finish](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-164.png) Review and click finish ## Restoring Files with Veeam AWS Backup Now that you have successfully backed up your AWS EC2 instance let’s see how to restore information from it. 1\. Click on **Protected Data,** select an EC2 instance to restore, and click on **Restore** —> **Instance Restore**. ![Selecting an instance to restore files from](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-165.png) Selecting an instance to restore files from 2\. Click on the link labeled **file-level recovery** and select the instance to backup and click **Next.** 3\. Type in a reason for restoring the file for identification sake, click **Next** and **Finish**. ![Providing a reason for file recovery](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-166.png) Providing a reason for file recovery 4\. When the instance has been loaded completely, click on the link **FLR** standing for file-level recovery. FLR allows you to extract one or more files from the backup. Now click on the link on the popup screen to select the file you want to recover. You’ll then see all of the files available for restoration. ![Selecting to perform a file-level recovery](https://adamtheautomator.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/image-167.png) Selecting to perform a file-level recovery 5\. Select the file you want to recover, click on the **Add to recovery list** link, and click on **Pending Review** at the top corner of the screen. 6\. Reselect the files you want to restore, click on download, and the file will be downloaded as a regular file. You’re done! You should now have a copy of the restored file. ## Conclusion You’ve learned how to get started with Veeam Backup for AWS in this tutorial. You set it up from scratch, kicked off a backup, and finally restored a file from the backup. 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