How to deploy worker instance to Bahrain Region in Veeam Backup for AWS

Challenge

Deploying a worker instance to the Bahrain region is not possible.

Cause

The Me-south-1 region is not present in the list.

Solution

To select the Me-south-1 region, do the following:

1.  Connect to the backup server using the following command.

ssh -i "<backup server's .pem key>" ubuntu@<Public DNS (IPv4) parameter of the backup server>

2.  Navigate to /opt/veeam.aws.service and locate AmazonS3Regions.xml.
3.  Add the following text to the .xml file (see the attached screenshot).

<Region Id="me-south-1" Name="Middle East (Bahrain)" Type="Global">
    <Endpoint Type="S3">s3.me-south-1.amazonaws.com</Endpoint>
    <Endpoint Type="S3">s3.dualstack.me-south-1.amazonaws.com</Endpoint>
    <Endpoint Type="EC2">ec2.me-south-1.amazonaws.com</Endpoint>
    <Endpoint Type="IAM">iam.amazonaws.com</Endpoint>
    <Protocol>HTTP</Protocol>
    <Protocol>HTTPS</Protocol>
    <LocationConstraint>me-south-1</LocationConstraint>
    <SignatureVersion>4</SignatureVersion>
  </Region>

4.  Restart the Veeam Backup for AWS service using the following command.

sudo systemctl restart veeamawsbackup.service

5. Enable Global STS endpoint as described in the article.