CloudCIX Object Storage Guide

CloudCIX Object Storage is S3-compatible, allowing you to use standard AWS S3 tools and SDKs to manage your data.

Currently this is our S3-compatible endpoint information:

• Endpoint URL: https://s3-boole.cloudcix.com

• Region: boole-zonegroup

Prerequisites

Before you begin, contact CloudCIX support to obtain:

• Access Key and Secret Key

• Storage quota allocation

Getting Started

1. Request Access

Contact CloudCIX support with:

• Desired storage capacity (e.g., 100GB, 1TB)

You’ll receive:

• Access Key

• Secret Key

2. Choose Your Tool

S3CMD (Linux and Mac)

Installation

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt install s3cmd

# CentOS/RHEL
sudo yum install s3cmd

# Mac
brew install s3cmd

Configuration

s3cmd --configure

Enter when prompted:

• Access Key: [your-access-key]

• Secret Key: [your-secret-key]

• Default Region: boole-zonegroup

• S3 Endpoint: s3-boole.cloudcix.com

• DNS-style bucket+hostname: [press Enter to skip]

• Encryption password: [press Enter to skip]

• Use HTTPS protocol: Yes

• HTTP Proxy server name: [press Enter to skip]

Usage Examples

# List buckets
s3cmd ls

# Create bucket
s3cmd mb s3://my-bucket

# Upload file
s3cmd put file.txt s3://my-bucket/

# Download file
s3cmd get s3://my-bucket/file.txt

# Delete file
s3cmd del s3://my-bucket/file.txt

Tutorial: Making Public Buckets Using Bucket Policy

By default, newly created buckets in CloudCIX Object Storage (or any S3-compatible system) are private, meaning only the bucket owner can access them.

This tutorial shows how to make a bucket publicly readable using a bucket policy.

Step 1 — Create a Bucket

s3cmd mb s3://my-bucket

Note

This creates a new bucket named my-bucket.

Step 2 — Create a Bucket Policy

Create a file named policy.json with the following content:

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "PublicRead",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": "*",
      "Action": "s3:GetObject",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::my-bucket/*"
    }
  ]
}

Step 3 — Apply the Bucket Policy

Attach the policy to your bucket:

s3cmd setpolicy policy.json s3://my-bucket

Step 4 — Upload Objects

s3cmd put text.txt s3://my-bucket

• Any objects uploaded now inherit the bucket policy.

• They will be publicly accessible.

Step 5 — Access Objects via Web

Objects can now be accessed using a standard S3 URL:

https://<endpoint>/<tenant>:my-bucket/text.txt

For example:

https://s3-boole.cloudcix.com/tenant-a:my-bucket/text.txt

Step 6 — Verify the Policy

Check that the policy is applied:

s3cmd info s3://my-bucket

You should see a Policy section showing the JSON you applied.

Step 7 — Revert to Private (Optional)

If you want to make the bucket private again:

s3cmd delpolicy s3://my-bucket

Note

This removes the public access policy, restoring full privacy.

Cyberduck (Mac and Windows)

Note

Cyberduck can be used to manage files and folders in your Ceph S3-compatible storage, but it cannot configure bucket policies. Bucket policies must be applied using CLI tools like s3cmd.

Installation

Download from: https://cyberduck.io/download/

Configuration

1. Open Cyberduck

2. Click Open Connection

3. Select Amazon S3 from dropdown

4. Enter:

   • Server: s3-boole.cloudcix.com

   • Access Key ID: <your access key>

   • Secret Access Key: <your secret access key>

5. Click Connect

Usage

• Create folders (buckets)

• Drag and drop files to upload

• Double-click files to download

• Right-click for more options (delete, rename, share)

Support

Contact CloudCIX support for:

• Storage quota increases

• Access credential resets

• Technical assistance

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• Endpoint: https://s3-boole.cloudcix.com

• Protocol: HTTPS (port 443)

• API Compatibility: AWS S3