> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.trilio.io/kubernetes/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.trilio.io/kubernetes/user-guide/getting-started-with-management-console/navigating-intro/backup-and-recovery/targets/create-target.md).

# Create New Target

This page explains how a user can create targets.

## Create New Target

1. Log in to the T4K **Management Console**.
2. From the left panel menu, click **Backup & Recovery**.
3. Select one of your clusters from the left panel menu, which displays a dropdown menu for you to select from.\
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4. From this dropdown menu, select **Targets**.
5. From the page displayed, select **Create New**.
6. Select a **Namespace** that you wish to deploy a target into. Remember that you can easily deploy a target to a different namespace later.
7. Type a **Storage Quota Warning Limit** value it's Optional.
8. Select the size measurement definition for the **Threshold Capacity**.

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9\. Choose **NFS**.

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10\. Type an NFS location in the **Export** field. It must have the following format:\
`00.00.00.00:/src/nfs/kubedata`

Examples:\
`trilio.net:/data/location/abcde`\
`192.156.13.1:/user/keeth/data`

11\. Optionally, type additional value(s) to mount as NFS directory. You can provide multiple

values by using comma-separated values:

Example:\
/nfs,soft,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,nosuid server.example.com:/home\\

12\. Use the **Enable Browsing** switch to enable or disable browsing for available targets.

13\. Use the **Event Target** toggle to enable or disable event target.

14\. Click **Continue** to enter target name and complete the target creation\
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9\. Choose **ObjectStore**.

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10\. From this dropdown, select the name of the third party vendor hosting the target (for example, **AWS** for an S3 bucket).

11\. In this text field, type the name of the bucket within object store.

12\. In this text field, type the name of the region where the object store resides.

13\. In this text field, type the URL to connect to the object store.

14\. Use this toggle switch to enable or disable **Object Locking**. Enable this for immutable targets such as AWS S3 buckets with Object Lock.

15\. When **Object Locking** is enabled, the **Deduplication** toggle appears. It is enabled by default. Leave it enabled to use content-addressed deduplication for block volume backups on immutable buckets. Turn it off if you do not want deduplication for this target.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Deduplication** requires **Object Locking**. Disabling Object Locking also disables Deduplication. Deduplication is intended for immutable object-store targets (for example, AWS S3 with Object Lock) and reduces storage use for block volume backups by storing unique data chunks.
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16\. Use the **Skip Certificate Verification** toggle to skip TLS certificate verification when connecting to the object store.

17\. Under **Object store credentials**, select an existing secret for the target, or click **Create New** to create one. For field details and steps, see [Create New Secret](/kubernetes/user-guide/getting-started-with-management-console/navigating-intro/backup-and-recovery/targets/create-new-secret.md).

18\. Under **Certificate ConfigMap**, optionally select a ConfigMap that contains the SSL/TLS certificate used to connect securely to the object store (for example, a custom CA for an S3 endpoint). For field details and how to create a ConfigMap, see [Select Certificate ConfigMap](/kubernetes/user-guide/getting-started-with-management-console/navigating-intro/backup-and-recovery/targets/select-certificate-configmap.md).

19\. Use the **Enable Browsing** switch to enable or disable browsing for available targets.

20\. Use the **Event Target** toggle to enable Event target. Event Target cannot be enabled together with Object Locking. This enables the Continuous Restore feature to communicate within or across clusters; see [Continuous Restore](/kubernetes/user-guide/getting-started-with-management-console/index/continuous-restore.md).

21\. Select **Continue** to enter target name and complete the target creation.
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