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Object Storage - Use Object Storage with Owncloud

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Michael M.
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Learn how to set up storage in Owncloud to use an Object Storage container.

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

 

Requirements

  • a container (see our Getting Started with Object Storage guide)
  • a user with the required access rights on the container
  • your Object Storage credentials (access_key and secret_access_key)
To identify the endpoint corresponding to your storage class, please refer to our Endpoints and Object Storage Geoavailability guide.

 

Instructions

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

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Search for the External Storage: S3 plugin.

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Install it.

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Go to the Settings.

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Then :

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

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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

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Go to Files.

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Then navigate to External storage.

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The result should be similar to this:

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Go further

For more information and tutorials, please see our other Object Storage support guides or explore the guides for other OVHcloud products and services.

If you need training or technical assistance to implement our solutions, contact your sales representative or click on this link to get a quote and ask our Professional Services experts for a custom analysis of your project.

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