S3 Bucket Mount On Filesytem

This guide will help you set up and mount an S3 bucket onto your filesystem using third-party software (rclone, s3fs, etc)

Prerequisites

Ensure you have already installed third-party software:

• Install rclone
• Install s3fs

Using 3rd software to mount your S3 bucket onto filesystem

Step 1:

Config information before using 3rd software to mount. See rclone.config.example, s3fs-passwd.example, etc.

Step 2:

You need to set some configs in script .sh to ensure correct bucket information:

• rclone:

bucket=<YOUR_BUCKET>
url=<ENDPOINT_URL>
mount_point=<MOUNT_POINT>
config_file=/etc/rclone.conf
log_file=/var/log/rclone-mount.log
log_level=DEBUG
provider=<YOUR_PROVIDER> # vstorage, s3, etc.

• s3fs:

bucket=<YOUR_BUCKET>
url=<ENDPOINT_URL>
mount_point=<MOUNT_POINT>
config_file=/etc/rclone.conf
log_file=/var/log/s3fs-mount.log
log_level=debug
region=HCM03

Step 3:

Setup systemd mode to ensure that the process was managed by systemd, and easy to manage your service. To do that:

Example for rclone-mount:

sudo cp rclone/rclone-mount.service /lib/systemd/system/rclone-mount.service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable rclone-mount --now

Step 4:

Recheck your service with systemctl status rclone-mount, and check information in log file.

Troubleshooting

• Ensure your AWS credentials are correct.
• Check for any network issues.
• Verify that the bucket name is correct.

References

• rclone Documentation
• s3fs Documentation