Object storage

https://s3.picote.ch is Picotech's object storage endpoint. It speaks the Amazon S3 API, so it is used with S3 tools and SDKs rather than with a web browser.

Connecting

Endpoint

https://s3.picote.ch. HTTPS only: plain HTTP is redirected.

Addressing

Path-style: https://s3.picote.ch/bucket/key. Virtual-hosted style (bucket.s3.picote.ch) is not supported, so set your client to path-style.

Region

na-west (Western North America). If your tool offers only AWS region names, any of them works.

Signing

AWS Signature Version 4. Presigned URLs work too.

Access keys

Every request needs an access key. Keys are issued to Picotech customers through the storage portal, storage.picote.ch, which also creates buckets. A key reaches only the buckets it was issued for.

Examples

AWS CLI, in ~/.aws/config:

[profile picotech]
endpoint_url = https://s3.picote.ch
region = na-west
s3 =
  addressing_style = path

Then, for example, aws --profile picotech s3 ls s3://bucket/.

rclone, in rclone.conf:

[picotech]
type = s3
provider = SeaweedFS
endpoint = https://s3.picote.ch
region = na-west
force_path_style = true
access_key_id = …
secret_access_key = …

Experimental

Virtual namespaces: an endpoint of your own where buckets can have any name S3 allows, without your prefix.

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