Frequently Asked Questions

You can add an AWS SNS or SQS as destination when creating a new event notification for a bucket, or through the settings tab.

To add an AWS SNS or SQS,

1. Sign in in to your IDrive^® e2 account and go to 'Settings'.
2. Navigate to 'Event Notifications' and click 'Add Destination'.
   
3. Select 'AWS SQS or SNS'.
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.

6. Click 'Add Destination'.
   

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

Yes, you can add webhooks as a destination to send event notifications.

To add a webhook as a destination,

1. Sign in to your IDrive^® e2 account and go to 'Settings'.
2. Navigate to 'Event Notifications' and click 'Add Destination'.
3. Select 'Webhook'.
   • Enter a name for the webhook.
   • Provide a 'Target URL'.
   • Enter a 'Signing Secret' or generate one.
   • Specify a batch size to indicate the maximum number of individual events to be sent with a single request.
   • Add the custom key-value pairs to include in the HTTP header if required.
4. Click 'Test Rule'.
5. Click 'Add Destination'.
   

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 > 'Event Notifications'.
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 SNS topic, SQS queue, or a webhook from the dropdown to send the notification.
6. Click 'Enable'.