# Do I need a second aws S3 bucket for backup?

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** backups, s3\
**Created:** [December 30, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-i-need-a-second-aws-s3-bucket-for-backup/76969 "2017-12-30T10:51:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-i-need-a-second-aws-s3-bucket-for-backup/76969/1 "2017-12-30T10:51:34Z")

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Hi,  
I have setup image upload to aws S3. Its is working fine, but backup is not working with s3. I have created a new bucket for backup and added the bucket name in the admin panel. It gives me following error in logs,

```
Aws::S3::Errors::AccessDenied (Access Denied)
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.4.0/gems/aws-sdk-core-3.6.0/lib/seahorse/client/plugins/raise_response_errors.rb:15:in `call'

```

Do I need a second S3 bucket for backup? If so, do i need create a new policy for my new bucket and attach it to my IAM?

Need some help guys!!

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