How to Connect to Third-Party S3 Provider

To connect to an S3-compatible storage service, you need to configure the regions for your S3 provider.

To set up a third-party S3 provider, follow these steps:

  1. Initiate configuration. At the FileZilla Pro Command Line prompt, enter the command:
    set engine.s3_providers edit
  2. Choose action. You’ll be prompted to:
      1. Add a new provider (enter 1).
      2. Edit/Delete an existing provider (enter 2).

  3. For adding a new provider: enter 1 to add a new provider
  4. For editing/deleting an existing provider:
      1. Enter 2 to edit or delete a provider.
      2. A list of configured providers will appear.
      3. Select the number corresponding to the provider you wish to modify.
      4. Choose to:

      • Edit the provider (enter 1).
      • Delete the provider (enter 2).

  5. Enter provider details:
      1. Provider name: input or modify the provider’s name.
      2. Catch-All host address: specify the host address of the S3 service, starting with a dot (e.g., .myprovider.com).
      3. Endpoint format: define the endpoint format using placeholders {bucket} for the bucket name and {region} for the region name (e.g., {bucket}.{region}.myprovider.com).

  6. Configure regions:
    1. If editing a provider with existing regions, choose to:
      • Add a new region
      • Edit/Delete an existing region

    2. If adding or editing:
      • Region name: specify or update the region’s name (e.g., us-east-1).
      • Region description: provide or modify a description for the region (e.g., US East 1).

  7. Set up endpoints. Choose to:
    • Add a new endpoint
    • Edit an existing endpoint

  8. Save configurations: after making all desired changes, save the configuration by entering:
  9. set save

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