Tutorial : Setting up S3 browser on Windows server
Introduction
S3 Browser is a freeware Windows client for S3 Compatible storage. It provides a simple web services interface that can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data, at any time, from anywhere on the web.In this tutorial we will show you how to install and setup S3 browser with E2E Object storage buckets on your windows server.
Prerequisites
Bucket in E2E Object Store. If you have not created a bucket yet, please refer Getting Started Guide
Access and Secret keys with permissions for the target bucket
Administrative access to windows server for Installing and Setting up S3 browser
Step 1 : Download and Installation of S3 Browser
To download S3 browser application,please refer below steps
Login to your Windows server with administrative access
Open up your browser and Enter the url “https://s3browser.com/download.aspx”
Click on Download link.
Once you have downloaded the Application,You need to Install the S3 browser on your server
Open the appication setup,Click Next to continute and Proceed with the setup until you have succefully completed the installation wizard.
Step 2 : Add a New Account in S3 Browser
When you run S3 Browser for the first time, you will be prompt to add new account. You need to enter the following details in order to create a new account
Account Name
Account Type
Rest End Point
Access Key ID
Secret access key
Enter the Account Name of your choice
In Account type section by default it will be Amazon S3 storage,Since We are using this for EOS,You need to change it to S3 Compatible storage
To connect with E2E Object storage you need to enter Rest End Point as https://objectstore.e2enetworks.net
Enter your Access_key_ID and Secret_access_key
Once you have entered the aforementioned details,Click on Add new account
Step 3 : Enter your Bucket details
After creating a new account,You will need to add the details of external bucket.
Click Yes and add your bucknet name,Here the bucket name is e2e-test which we created for turtorial purpose
After entering the details,Click on Add external bucket
You will now be able to access your E2E Object store bucket with S3 browser
Conclusion
The setup is now complete and Now you are ready to start working with S3 Browser.You can refer this link for more details on how to manage and access your bucket with S3 browser