If the backing store is not AWS, but instead something like Azure Blob, I think it should be using Azure storage account name and key. Perhaps this step should be more generic (not only for AWS S3). Reported by: nebula0248 https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openshift_container_storage/4.2/html/managing_openshift_container_storage/multicloud-object-gateway_rhocs#annotations:ab6e80c1-4960-44ab-ace2-e2b0c77c38e6