How to Connect to Alibaba Object Storage

This feature is only available on FileZilla Pro, if you didn’t buy it yet you can buy FileZilla Pro from our Store.

Below you find a step by step guide, if you prefer you can watch our How to Connect to Alibaba Object Storage video tutorial.

In order to connect to Alibaba Cloud follow the steps described below.

Connect to Alibaba Object Storage

  • Choose Edit > Settings > Transfers > S3 Providers
  • In the Providers list click Add and enter ‘Alibaba
  • In the Regions list click Add to add a new regions and enter:
  • Name: oss-cn-hangzhou
  • Description: China (Hangzhou)
  • Endpoints: oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com oss.aliyuncs.com
  • Do the same for the following regions:
  • Name Description Endpoints
    oss-cn-shanghai China (Shanghai) oss-cn-shanghai.aliyuncs.com
    oss-cn-qingdao China (Qingdao) oss-cn-qingdao.aliyuncs.com
    oss-cn-beijing China (Beijing) oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com
    oss-cn-zhangjiakou China (Zhangjiakou-Beijing Winter Olympics) oss-cn-zhangjiakou.aliyuncs.com
    oss-cn-huhehaote China (Hohhot) oss-cn-huhehaote.aliyuncs.com
    oss-cn-shenzhen China (Shenzhen) oss-cn-shenzhen.aliyuncs.com
    oss-cn-chengdu China (Chengdu) oss-cn-chengdu.aliyuncs.com
    oss-cn-hongkong China (Hong Kong) oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com
    oss-us-west-1 US (Silicon Valley) oss-us-west-1.aliyuncs.com
    oss-us-east-1 US (Virginia) oss-us-east-1.aliyuncs.com
    oss-ap-southeast-1 Singapore oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com
    oss-ap-southeast-2 Australia (Sidney) oss-ap-southeast-2.aliyuncs.com
    oss-ap-southeast-3 Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) oss-ap-southeast-3.aliyuncs.com
    oss-ap-southeast-5 Indonesia (Jakarta) oss-ap-southeast-5.aliyuncs.com
    oss-ap-northeast-1 Japan (Tokyo) oss-ap-northeast-1.aliyuncs.com
    oss-ap-south-1 India (Mumbai) oss-ap-south-1.aliyuncs.com
    oss-oss-eu-west-1 UK (London) oss-oss-eu-west-1.aliyuncs.com
    oss-me-east-1 UAE (Dubai) oss-me-east-1.aliyuncs.com

  • In Catch All enter: .oss.aliyuncs.com (note it starts with a dot)
  • In Format enter: {bucket}.oss-{region}.aliyuncs.com

In the site manager configure your connection with host as: oss.aliyuncs.com

The video tutorial below shows how to connect to Alibaba with FileZilla Pro.

Video tutorial: How to connect to Alibaba Object Storage

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