During this tutorial you will learn how to use s3fs as a client for Object Storage.
Requirements
- You have an account and are logged into console.scaleway.com
- You have generated your API Token
Object Storage allows you to store any kind of objects (documents, images, videos, etc.). You can retrieve them anytime and from anywhere.
For instance, you can store images and they will be accessible using HTTP. You can use the control panel to manage your storage.
As the our API is S3 compatible, a lot of tools exist to interact with the object storage.
This tutorial details how to use the Object Storage with s3fs. Pleas note that using s3fs with Scaleway, you are limited to a maximum file size of 128GB.
Important: The version of
s3fsavailable for installation using the systems packet manager does not support files larger than 10GB. It is therefore recommended to compile a version, including the reqired corrections, from the sourcecode repository of the tool. This tutorial will guide you through the process of fixing, compiling and installings3fson your machine.
There are four steps to configure and use s3fs:
You can access Object Storage buckets using an API Token. Refer to Ho to generate an API Token for more information about it.
s3fs allows Linux and Mac OS X to mount an S3 bucket via FUSE. s3fs preserves the native object format for files, to be able to use them with other tools.
Debian and Ubuntu
To install s3fs-fuse on Debian and Ubuntu based operating systems start by installing the dependencies:
apt update && apt upgrade -y
apt -y install automake autotools-dev fuse g++ git libcurl4-gnutls-dev libfuse-dev libssl-dev libxml2-dev make pkg-config
RedHat and CentOS
To install s3fs-fuse on RedHad and CentOS based operating systems start by installing the dependencies:
yum update
yum install automake fuse fuse-devel gcc-c++ git libcurl-devel libxml2-devel make openssl-devel
MacOS X
On Mac OS X, install the dependencies via Homebrew:
brew cask install osxfuse
brew install autoconf automake pkg-config gnutls libgcrypt nettle git
1 . Download the Git repository of s3fs-fuse:
git clone https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse.git
2 . Enter the s3fs-fuse directory
cd s3fs-fuse
3 . Update the MAX_MULTIPART_CNT value in the fdcache.cpp file:
sed -i 's/MAX_MULTIPART_CNT = 10 /MAX_MULTIPART_CNT = 1 /' src/fdcache.cpp
sed -i '' -e 's/MAX_MULTIPART_CNT = 10 /MAX_MULTIPART_CNT = 1 /' src/fdcache.cpp
4 . Run the autogen.sh script to generate a configuration file, configure the application and compile it from the master branch:
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
5 . Then run the installation of the application using the make install command:
make install
6 . Copy the application into the its final destination to complete the installation:
cp ~/s3fs-fuse/src/s3fs /usr/local/bin/s3fs
1 . Enter your S3 credentials in a file ~/.passwd-s3fs1 and set owner-only permissions:
echo <ACCESS_KEY>:<SECRET_KEY> > ~/.passwd-s3fs
chmod 600 ~/.passwd-s3fs
2 . Create a file system from an existing bucket:
Note:
- Replace
$SCW-BUCKET-NAMEwith the name of your Object Storage bucket and$FOLDER-TO-MOUNTwith the local folder to mount it- Replace
https://s3.fr-par.scw.cloudwith the address of the storage cluster of your bucket. It can either bes3.nl-ams.scw.cloud(Amsterdam, The Netherlands) ors3.fr-par.scw.cloud(Paris, France).
s3fs $SCW-BUCKET-NAME $FOLDER-TO-MOUNT -o allow_other -o passwd_file= ~/.passwd-s3fs -o use_path_request_style -o endpoint=fr-par -o parallel_count=15 -o multipart_size=128 -o nocopyapi -o url=https://s3.fr-par.scw.cloud
Important:
The flag
-o multipart_size=128sets the chunk (file-part) size for multipart uploads to 128MB. This value allows you to upload files up to a maxium file size of 128GB. This value allows you to upload files up to a maxium file size of 128GB. Lower values will give you better performances. You can set it to:
- A minimum chunk size of 5 MB, to increase performance (Maximum file size: 5GB)
- A maximum chunk size of 5000 MB, to increase the maxium file size (Maximum file size: 5TB)
3 . Add the following line to /etc/fstab to mount the file system on boot:
s3fs#[bucket_name] /mount-point fuse _netdev,allow_other,use_path_request_style,url=https://s3.fr-par.scw.cloud/ 0 0
The file system will appear in your OS like a local file system and you can access the files like as they are on your hard drive.
Please note, that there are some limitations when using S3 as a file system: