docs: make s3-compatible section standalone

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Michael Eischer 2024-08-31 19:39:30 +02:00
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S3-compatible Storage
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For an S3-compatible server that is not Amazon, you can specify the URL to the server
For an S3-compatible storage service that is not Amazon, you can specify the URL to the server
like this: ``s3:https://server:port/bucket_name``.
You must also set credentials for authentication to the service.
.. code-block:: console
$ export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<YOUR-ACCESS-KEY-ID>
$ export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<YOUR-SECRET-ACCESS-KEY>
$ restic -r s3:https://server:port/bucket_name init
If needed, you can manually specify the region to use by either setting the
environment variable ``AWS_DEFAULT_REGION`` or calling restic with an option
parameter like ``-o s3.region="us-east-1"``. If the region is not specified,