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Integrate Maytech Quatrix with Backblaze B2
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    Integrate Maytech Quatrix with Backblaze B2

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      You can use Maytech Quatrix for file sharing service for automatic sync, copying, and migration to Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage.

      Enable Backblaze B2

      Before you begin: You must have a Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage account. If you already have a Backblaze account and the left navigation menu contains a B2 Cloud Storage section, your account is already enabled for Backblaze B2.

      1. Sign in to the Backblaze web console.
      2. In the user menu in the upper-right corner of the page, select My Settings.
      3. Under Enabled Products, select the checkbox to enable B2 Cloud Storage.
      4. Review the Terms and Conditions, and click OK to accept them. 

      Create a Bucket

      1. Sign in to the Backblaze web console.
      2. In the left navigation menu under B2 Cloud Storage, click Buckets.
      3. Click Create a Bucket.
      4. Enter a name for your bucket. Bucket names must be at least six characters and globally unique.
        A message is displayed if your bucket name is already in use.
      5. Select a privacy setting: Private or Public. Files that are in a private bucket require authentication to perform an action, for example, downloading. Public buckets do not require authentication so you can easily share files. You can change a bucket's privacy settings at any time.
      6. If applicable, enable a Backblaze B2 server-side encryption key.
      7. Enable Object Lock to restrict a file from being modified or deleted for a specified period of time.
      8. Click Create a Bucket, and copy the value that is in the Endpoint field; you may need this value later.
      9. Click Lifecycle Settings to control how long to keep the files in your new bucket.
      Note
      If this is your first time creating a public bucket, complete the following tasks to ensure that you have the correct permissions to create a public bucket:

      1. Verify your email address.
      2. Have a payment history on file, or use the credit card form to pay a small fee that is credited to your account balance.

      Create an App key

      Application keys control access to your Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage account and the buckets that are contained in your account.
      1. Sign in to the Backblaze web console.
      2. In the left navigation menu under B2 Cloud Storage, click Application Keys.
      3. Click Add a New Application Key, and enter an app key name. Please note: You cannot search an app key by this name; therefore, app key names are not required to be globally unique. Key names are limited to 100 characters and can contain letters, numbers, and "-", but not I18N characters, such as é, à, and ü.
      4. Select All or a specific bucket in the Allow Access to Bucket(s) dropdown menu.
      5. Optionally, select your access type (Read and Write, Read Only, or Write Only).
      6. Optionally, select the Allow List All Bucket Names checkbox (required for the B2 Native API b2_list_buckets and the S3-Compatible API S3 List Buckets operations).
      7. Optionally, enter a file name prefix to restrict application key access only to files with that prefix. Depending on what you selected in step #4, this limits application key access to files with the specified prefix for all buckets or just the selected bucket.
      8. Optionally, enter a positive integer to limit the time, in seconds, before the application key expires. The value must be less than 1000 days (in seconds).
      9. Click Create New Key, and note the resulting keyID and applicationKey values.
      Note
      When you create a new app key, the response contains the actual key string, for example N2Zug0evLcHDlh_L0Z0AJhiGGdY. You can always find the keyID on this page, but for security, the applicationKey appears only once. Make sure you copy and securely save this value elsewhere.

      Set up Backblaze B2 with Maytech Quatrix

      1. In the left menu, click Automations and select External Workflows.
      2. In the top menu, select Remote Sites. 
      3. Click Add Remote Site.
      4. Enter a name for your new Remote Site.
      5. Click Type, and select Backblaze.
      6. Enter your Key ID and App key into the appropriate fields. Leave the Endpoint field empty.
      7. Click Save.

       Upload Data to Backblaze B2

      1. Select External Workflows in the top menu, and click Automation Name.
      2. Enter a name for the Automation.
      3. Select the type of job you would like to create under Workflow.
        • Move files - move files from one location to another
        • Sync Files - mirror files between two locations
        • Copy Files - copy the files in one location to another location.
      4. Under Select Source, choose the source location that contains the folder you want to copy to B2.
      5. Under Choose Folder, choose the source folder you want to copy to Backblaze B2.
      6. Under Select Destination, choose the remote site you just created for Backblaze B2.
      7. Under Type Remote Folder Path, enter the name of your Backblaze B2 bucket.
        Optionally, designate a folder after the bucket name by entering a "/". Example: quatrixb2/pictures ("quatrixb2" is the name of the bucket and "pictures" is the name of the folder. If the folder does not already exist it is automatically created.
      8. Optionally, click Run automatically on the specified schedule and add a schedule for the workflow.
      9. Click Save.
        The new automation workflow appears under External Workflows.
      Note
      If no schedule is set for the workflow it will be a manual workflow, and will need to be run manually by selecting the workflow and clicking Run Now, or right-clicking the workflow and selecting Run Now.
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