How to manage object visibility
Reviewed on 15 June 2023 • Published on 27 May 2021
Visibility specifies whether your object is visible to others or not.
Security & Identity (IAM):
You may need certain IAM permissions to carry out some actions described on this page. This means:
- you are the Owner of the Scaleway Organization in which the actions will be carried out, or
- you are an IAM user of the Organization, with a policy granting you the necessary permission sets
Requirements:
- You have an account and are logged into the Scaleway console
- You have created an Object Storage bucket
Note:
All objects are private by default, even if they are in a public bucket. A private file in a public bucket cannot be accessed publicly.
- Click Object Storage in the Storage section of the side menu. The list of your buckets displays.
- Click the name of your bucket. A list of your objects displays.
- Click «See more Icon» next to the selected object name.
- Click Visibility. A pop-up appears.
- Check Public or Private according to your preference.
- Click Update object visibility to confirm.
Important:
You can only configure the visibility (public or private) of one object at a time. It is not possible to perform this action on an entire bucket, on which visibility is defined by default as private. Allowing public visibility of a bucket only allows the viewing of a list of objects that are stored in the bucket.
Tip:
If you upload a file using the CLI, you can make it public by using the --acl public-read parameter.
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