Frequently Asked Questions

You can add an ARN (Amazon Resource Name) when creating a new event notification for a bucket, or through the settings tab.

To add an ARN,

1. Sign in in to your IDrive^® e2 account and go to 'Settings'.
2. Navigate to 'Event Notifications' and click 'Add Credentials'.
   
3. Add either AWS or custom credentials.
4. Add an ARN using AWS credentials:
   • Enter a name for the ARN.
   • Select the AWS region from the dropdown.
   • Enter the AWS access key.
   • Enter the AWS secret access key.
5. Click 'Fetch ARN'.
   

   The ARN linked to the provided AWS credentials will be listed.

   Note: We only support SQS and SNS ARN's for AWS workflow.

   To Add an ARN using Custom credentials,

   • Enter a name for the ARN.
   • Enter the access key
   • Enter the secret access key.
   • Enter the endpoint.
   • Enter the account ID.
   • Enter a queue name.
6. Click 'Add Credentials'.
   

   Note:

   • At least one region must be enabled in the e2 account to add custom credentials.
   • We only support SQS for the Custom credentials.

Based on the above details, a Custom ARN will be created.

You can add event notifications to a bucket after its creation or through the settings tab.

To add bucket event notifications,

1. Sign in to your IDrive^® e2 account and go to 'Buckets'.
2. Navigate to bucket > .
3. Click 'Add Event Notifications'.
   
4. Under 'General Configuration', provide the following details:
   • Event name: Enter a name for the event.
   • Prefix (Optional): Specify a prefix to receive notifications only for objects whose names start with the specified characters.
   • Suffix (Optional): Specify a suffix to receive notifications only for objects whose names end with the specified characters.
   • Event Types:
     1. Object Creation: Select options for events related to object creation.
     2. Object Removal: Select options for events related to lifecycle expiration.
     3. Object Lifecycle: Select options for events related to object removal.
        
5. Under 'Destination', select an ARN from the dropdown.
   • You can also add a new ARN if required by clicking 'Add Credentials'.
6. Click 'Enable'.