How to manage object visibility

Reviewed on 13 June 2024 • Published on 27 May 2021

Visibility specifies whether your object is visible to others or not.

Before you start

To complete the actions presented below, you must have:

A Scaleway account logged into the console
Owner status or IAM permissions allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
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.