Creating a new AWS STS backingstore

Before you begin

Configure Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cluster with AWS STS. For more information, see Configuring an AWS cluster to use short-term credentials.
Create an AWS role using a script that matches OpenID Connect (OIDC) configuration. For more information, see Creating an AWS role using a script.

Install Multicloud Object Gateway (MCG).
It is installed with the default backingstore by using the short-lived credentials.
After the MCG system is ready, you can create more backingstores of the type aws-sts-s3 using the following MCG command line interface command:
```
$ noobaa backingstore create aws-sts-s3 <backingstore-name> --aws-sts-arn=<aws-sts-role-arn> --region=<region> --target-bucket=<target-bucket>
```
where

backingstore-name

Name of the backingstore

aws-sts-role-arn

The AWS STS role ARN which will assume role

region

The AWS bucket region

target-bucket

The target bucket name on the cloud