Set Up ObjectiveFS With Amazon S3: IAM Role

This document covers the steps to set up your ObjectiveFS filesystem with Amazon S3 using S3 keys. For ObjectiveFS versions older than 7.0, see this doc.

Estimated time: 5 minutes

What You Need

IAM role with S3 permission is attached to your EC2 instances. For S3 keys, use this guide.
ObjectiveFS license key from the Filesystem section on your profile page.
ObjectiveFS software installed on your machine (see Quick Start).

Steps

Configure Objectivefs

$ sudo mount.objectivefs config -i s3://
Creating config for Amazon in /etc/objectivefs.env
Enter ObjectiveFS license: <your ObjectiveFS license>
Enter Default Region (optional): <your S3 region, e.g. eu-west-1>

Note: This will get the IAM role from the AWS metadata host at 169.254.169.254

Create your filesystem (one-time only)
- Choose a unique filesystem name. ObjectiveFS will create a new bucket with this name.
- Choose a strong passphrase, write it down and store it somewhere safe.
  IMPORTANT: Without the passphrase, there is no way to recover any files.
```
$ sudo mount.objectivefs create <your filesystem name>
Passphrase (for <filesystem>): <your passphrase>
Verify passphrase (for <filesystem>): <your passphrase>
```
Mount your filesystem
Mount your filesystem on an existing empty directory, e.g. /ofs. The ObjectiveFS process will run in the background.
```
$ sudo mkdir /ofs
$ sudo mount.objectivefs <your filesystem name> /ofs
Passphrase (for //<filesystem>): <your passphrase>
```
[Optional] Multi-server setup
Mount this filesystem on as many servers as you wish by running steps 1 and 3 on each server. Each server can read and write to the same filesystem at the same time.

Useful Links

If you have questions, please email us at support@objectivefs.com.

Last updated by ObjectiveFS staff, October 3, 2022

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