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37 lines
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This special remote type stores file contents in a bucket in Amazon S3
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or a similar service, such as
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[Archive.org's S3 API](http://www.archive.org/help/abouts3.txt).
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See [[walkthrough/using_Amazon_S3]] for usage examples.
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## configuration
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A number of parameters can be passed to `git annex initremote` to configure
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the S3 remote.
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* `encryption` - Required. Either "none" to disable encryption
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(not recommended),
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or a value that can be looked up (using gpg -k) to find a gpg encryption
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key that will be given access to the remote. Note that additional gpg
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keys can be given access to a remote by rerunning initremote with
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the new key id. See [[encryption]].
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* `datacenter` - Defaults to "US". Other values include "EU",
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"us-west-1", and "ap-southeast-1".
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* `storageclass` - Default is "STANDARD". If you have configured git-annex
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to preserve multiple [[copies]], consider setting this to "REDUCED_REDUNDANCY"
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to save money.
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* `host` and `port` - Specify in order to use a different, S3 compatable
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service.
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* `bucket` - S3 requires that buckets have a globally unique name,
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so by default, a bucket name is chosen based on the remote name
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and UUID. This can be specified to pick a bucket name.
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The standard environment variables `ANNEX_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and
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`ANNEX_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` can be used to supply login credentials
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for Amazon. When encryption is enabled, they are stored in encrypted form
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by `git annex initremote`, so you do not need to keep the environment
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variables set after the initial initalization of the remote.
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