05 FTP protocol

• Required information
• Connecting to Object Storage from Windows
• Connecting to Object Storage from Linux

• the Object Storage account name;
• the password associated with the Object Storage account;
• the FTP gateway associated with the region where the account was created.

• right-click This PC and select Add a network location;
  
• select Next;
  
• select Next again;
  
• in the Internet or network address: field, enter the FTP gateway preceded by ftp://:
  ftp://FTP gateway
  If you want to access a specific bucket directly, add the bucket name to the path:
  ftp://FTP gateway/bucket
  
• in the User name field, enter the Object Storage account name;
  
• assign a name to the network location and select Next. If you do not change the name, the FTP gateway is used;
  
• select Finish;
  
• when prompted, enter the password associated with the Object Storage account in the Password field. To save it, select Save password;
  
• once the procedure is complete, you can access the Object Storage space directly from the network location you created.
  

Install curlftpfs
sudo apt-get install curlftpfs

Edit /etc/fstab as follows:
sudo vim /etc/fstab

Add the following line:
curlftpfs#myaccount2024:123abc456@ftp-r1-it.storage.cloud.it /mybucket2024 fuse rw,uid=1000,umask=0777,user,suid,allow_other,exec,auto,utf8 0 1
Change ftpUsername, ftpPassword, ftpUrl and localDirectory according to your configuration

Execute mount -a:
sudo mount -a

S3 Browser

Cyberduck

DragonDisk

Object Storage Web Client

Accessing uploaded files via the web