Access Oracle OCI Object Storage through GUI Client

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 As we already know that there are several GUI clients available for Amazon AWS S3 Object storage like - S3 Browser (https://s3browser.com/), CloudBerry Explorer (https://www.msp360.com/explorer/windows/amazon-s3.aspx), CyberDuck (https://cyberduck.io/) etc.

Using these tools we can easily connect to the Object Storage service, upload & download "objects" i.e files and folders and also do some advance management like Bucket Policies, Replication, Versioning, lifecycle policies etc.

Now these tools can also be used with Oracle OCI Object storage, but there are some prerequisites to get the proper credentials.

You need to get following information before you can connect to you OCI Object storage -

Object Storage Namespace:

REST Endpoint:

Access Key:

Secret Key ID:

How to get these details -

Login to your OCI Account, head over to - Hamburger Icon on left hand top corner -> Storage -> Under Object Storage & Archive -> Buckets.

It will list all the buckets in this OCI account and the current compartment.

 

Now open any of the bucket, you can see the Object Storage Namespace displayed, make a note of it.


 Next, we need to know the REST Endpoint address. Go to the link - https://docs.oracle.com/en-us/iaas/api/ to get the list of OCI Amazon S3 Compatibility API endpoint URL. My home region is Mumbai, so my endpoint address is - https://<object_storage_namespace>.compat.objectstorage.ap-mumbai-1.oraclecloud.com

Now add the object storage endpoint as copied from last step- https://bmaxytwyrkg3.compat.objectstorage.ap-mumbai-1.oraclecloud.com

Now we need to create Access Key & Secret Key ID.

Go to your user settings and click on Customer Secret Keys on the left hand side.



Now click on Generate Secret Key, give a name and generate the key-

Copy the generated key, as its available for one time only,then click close.

Now the key has been created

hover your mouse over the partial access key shown and copy it -

Now download & install CyberDuck, (https://cyberduck.io/) as it has connection profile for OCI Object Storage ready

Click on Open Connection and supply the required credentials.


Now you can see all the buckets listed:

Right click on any bucket will give a context menu, from here you can manage the objects.

Uploading object/file to a bucket. You can Stop/Resume the transfer.

You can also use S3 Brower tool





















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