How to Use S3 Object Storage with Owncloud

Objective

Owncloud is a suite of client-server software for creating and using file hosting services.

This guide explains how to set up storage in Owncloud to use a S3 Object Storage container.

Requirements

• A container
• A user with the required access rights on the container
• Your S3 credentials (access_key and secret_access_key)

See our Getting Started with S3 Object Storage guide.

Instructions

If needed, install the External Storage: S3 plugin from the Market.

Search for the External Storage: S3 plugin.

And install it.

Go to the Settings.

Then :

1. in Storage
2. enable Enable external storage
3. name your folder
4. add an Amazon S3 compatible storage (SDK v3)

Fill in the following information:

1. Enter the name of your container
2. Set the host as: s3.<region_in_lowercase>.io.cloud.ovh.us
3. Set the port to 443
4. Specify the region
5. Activate SSL
6. Enter your access key
7. Enter your secret key

Go toFiles.

Then navigate to External storage.

The result should be similar to this: