Managing ServerStadium Storage from various tools and from various OS

In addition to using panels, according to our discussion in this article.

So many S3 Client applications can be used; in this article, we will discuss three ways to manage ServerStadium Storage based on the tools and OS variants.

GUI S3 Client on Windows OS

Several S3 client applications offer S3 management using a GUI (Graphical User Interface). One of the most popular, easy-to-use, and open-source is Cyberduck.

A brief explanation of Cyberduck

Cyberduck provides full operational convenience in connecting to ServerStadium Storage. The Cyberduck application is used as an S3 client and can also be a client for FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Dropbox, Google Drive, and many others.

There are many things we can do in CyberDuck, including:

• Add & Remove buckets
• Upload, download, and sync files
• Integrating with other programs we use to edit files (depending on file extension, eg: .txt)
• Edit permissions (ACL) for each file, and folder, up to the bucket level
• Edit Metadata for each file
• Duplicate files, folders, up to bucket level
• Monitor our file transfer process
• Create bookmarks for our other storage accounts (if any) and reconnect without having to enter their credential details every time

And we can do many other unique & advanced features, such as scheduling backups (using Duck CLI), and mounting the S3 into our Windows OS (using Mountain Duck).

Currently, Cyberduck is compatible with Windows OS and macOS.

How-To

The steps to install and operate CyberDuck are as follows:

Download Cyberduck at https://cyberduck.io and install it according to your operating system.

↳ If so, open the CyberDuck application. To establish a connection to ServerStadium Storage, click the Open Connection button.

↳ In the dialog box that appears, fill in according to the example above. For “Access Key ID” and “Secret Access Key”, you can customize your own. If so, click Connect.

↳ If it is successful, then our Object Storage will be connected and display the buckets that we have. We can upload files into the ServerStadium Storage service bucket by dragging & dropping the files that we want to upload.

↳ We can do some features to our files, folders, or buckets.

↳ You can edit files directly (on the go) without downloading the file first.

CLI S3 Client on Linux OS (Ubuntu)

Next, manage ServerStadium Storage using the CLI (Command Line Interface). Like S3 tools that use GUI, many parties develop CLI-based S3 tools. One of the most popular is the S3CMD tool.

A brief explanation of S3CMD

S3CMD is an Open Source tool that is free for personal and commercial use. Today, most cloud/sysadmins use S3CMD to manage S3 buckets. S3CMD is written in Python.

S3CMD comes with many features and options, including:

• Over 60+ command-line options
• Encryption
• Incremental Backup
• S3 sync
• Support multipart uploads
• ACLs and metadata management
• Check the size of the S3 bucket, and many others

How-To

S3CMD repositories are, by default, installed for CentOS, RHEL, and Ubuntu Systems. This tutorial will teach us the simple steps to install S3CMD on Linux (Ubuntu) and operate S3CMD to manage ServerStadium Cloud Storage.

Run the S3CMD installation using the following command:

# sudo apt-get install s3cmd

If so, now we configure S3CMD to be able to manage our Cloud Storage buckets. Type the following command:

# s3cmd --configure

↳ There will be some perimeters that we have to fill. We will need ServerStadium Cloud Storage credentials (Access Key and Secret Key).

Once the configuration is complete, let’s use the S3CMD command line to perform some activities on our ServerStadium Cloud Storage service.

1. View all of our bucket lists

# s3cmd ls

2. View the list of contents in our bucket

# s3cmd ls s3://bucket-name

3. Create a new bucket

# s3cmd mb s3://new-bucket-name

4. Upload files to the bucket (private)

# s3cmd put myfile.txt s3://my-bucket-name/myfile.txt

5. Upload files to the bucket (public)

# s3cmd put --acl-public --guess-mime-type myfile.txt s3://my-bucket-name/myfile.txt

6. Download files on the bucket

# s3cmd get s3://my-bucket-name/myfile.txt myfile.txt

7. Delete files on the bucket

# s3cmd del s3://my-bucket-name/myfile.txt

8. Delete the bucket

# s3cmd rb s3://my-bucket-name/

9. Synchronize files on our local (source) with our S3 bucket (destination)

# s3cmd sync my-local-folder-path/ s3://my-bucket-name/

10. Synchronize files on our S3 bucket (source) with our local (destination)

# s3cmd sync s3://my-bucket-name/ my-local-folder-path/

11. Do a dry-run (doesn’t do the actual activities but only displays information on what the process will do [download or upload] without actually doing it). In this tutorial, we will try the dry-run synchronization process.

# s3cmd --dry-run sync s3://my-bucket-name/ my-local-folder-path/

Those are the most frequently used commands in S3CMD, where there are download, upload, delete, and sync. We can explore and develop many more commands, one of which is by using scheduled sync combined with cron-jobs.

For other commands, you can explore in command help:

# s3cmd --help

Mobile S3 Client on Android OS

The final method we will discuss in this tutorial is accessing and managing ServerStadium Cloud Storage via Mobile S3 Client (Android). This method will be very suitable for those who want to synchronize and back up our archived data on a Mobile Phone.

The Android app that we use in this discussion is BucketAnywhere for S3. One of the reasons is that it is stable, and there have been no problems or bugs that we have found.

A brief explanation of BucketAnywhere for S3

BucketAnywhere for S3 is a file manager for Android devices. This application allows us to manage multiple S3 buckets from an Object Storage service provider compliant with the S3 REST API, which ServerStadium Cloud Storage uses.

The features provided are quite complete and no less interesting than the two tools we discussed earlier, including:

• Upload, download, delete, rename, and copy files
• Edit permissions (ACL) of each file, up to bucket level
• Create bookmarks for our other S3 accounts (if any) and reconnect without having to enter their credential details (Server URL, Access Key ID, Secret Access Key)
• Support resume (continue) unfinished download process
• Server-side encryption support
• Support for sharing S3 files with a custom expiration date

If we need file synchronization features (remote/local mirrors, scheduling, and widgets) without ads, we can grab the Pro version for around $4.49.

How-To

The steps to install and operate BucketAnywhere are as follows:

Download BucketAnywhere on PlayStore, or via the following link.

↳ The initial dashboard of BucketAnywhere is as follows. We can add a new connection by clicking Add.

↳ We will be taken to a menu for our S3 Bucket settings. There are 3 tab menus that we can configure here. The main perimeter is in the General tab, which you can fill in as follows:

• S3 URL: Fill in ServerStadium Cloud Storage URL
• KeyID : Fill in the KeyID you have in your account
• SecretKey : Fill in the SecretKey you have in your account
• Bucket : Fill in the name of your bucket in Storage Raya that you want to manage
• Local dir : The location on the mobile phone that you use to save files or sync with your Storage Raya bucket
• Resume: We can check if we want to resume the unfinished file download process from the bucket

↳ The configuration on the Advanced menu is an advanced feature that you can adjust depending on your needs.

↳ You can use the Sync tab if you are using the Pro version, where you can synchronize files (remote/local mirrors, scheduling, and widgets) in this menu. If so, you can click Save.

↳ Now connect your bucket by clicking Connect.

Conclusion

All in all, ServerStadium Cloud Storage can be managed in various ways using S3 Client Applications. This S3 Client Applications include GUI S3 Client on Windows OS using Cyberduck, CLI S3 Client using S3 CMD, and Mobile S3 Client on Android OS using BucketAnywhere for S3. Each way can be done easily without any hassle.

Find more tutorials in ServerStadium’s knowledge base.