Mount HI GIO S3 Storage into Windows

Owned by Tran Khanh Ngoc
Oct 30, 2024
3 min read

Overview

Mounting a bucket to a local drive enables the creation of a virtual drive directly on the computer, allowing users to manage their cloud storage data seamlessly without the need for additional tools or portal access.

Procedure

  1. Download RClone tool at this “Link” and extract the file after download

  2. Run RClone tool by Window PowerShell

    • Example: the path of folder which store RClone tool “.\Downloads\rclone\”

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  • Open Window PowerShell and run this command “ .\Downloads\rclone\rclone.exe help “ to check RClone tool is working on your Server/PC

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  1. Configuration HI GIO S3 storage connect with RClone

    1. Create the connection configuration file with this command

.\Downloads\rclone\rclone.exe config create Higio s3 env_auth false access_key_id xxxxxxxxxxxxxx secret_access_key xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx region hcm1 endpoint https://xxx.xxx.xx

** Note: “ .\Downloads\rclone\rclone.exe" is the folder path store the RClone tool. Security Key get it in “HERE”

b. Verify the connection to HI GIO S3 Storage by performing operations such as listing buckets and listing objects.

  • "Listing the bucket information"

.\Downloads\rclone\rclone.exe lsf Higio:

  • "Listing objects inside the bucket"

.\Downloads\rclone\rclone.exe lsf Higio:examplebucket1

  1. Mount a bucket as a local drive on your computer to enable direct access and management of cloud storage data.

    1. To mount a bucket as a drive on your computer, ensure that WinFsp is installed. “Link Download”

    2. Setup WinFSP → Click Next until Finish

c. After installed WinFSP app, run the command below to mount Bucket

d. Verify if the mount was successful.

  1. Set up the configuration to automatically mount the bucket on system reboot.

    1. Open “Run”then type “shell:startup”

    2. Create the new file with name “mounts3.cmd” and copy this code below to that file

 

c. Save the file then reboot the Server to test