Sign Up for Backblaze B2

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Sign Up for Backblaze B2 Account

Sign Up for Backblaze B2 Account

To create a Backblaze B2 account, proceed as follows:

1. Open a Backblaze B2 website.
2. Click Sign Up.

3. Update the mandatory contact settings (phone number and everything else Backblaze requires).

4. Select whether to enable two-factor authentication.

5. Once you are done with settings, create a bucket. To do this, select Buckets.
6. Click Create a Bucket.

7. Specify if bucket contents will be available for other users that have an access to it or can be accessed privately by you.

8. Create a new application key pair to access the bucket. To do this, click Add a new Application Key.

9. Specify an application key settings.

10. Once credentials are generated, copy and save them to a secure location.

11. Once an application key pair is created and saved, get back to Backup for Windows to start using it for backup and restore jobs.