S3-compatible API
Works with the AWS SDKs, the CLI, s3cmd and anything else that speaks S3. The endpoint and the region change; the code does not.
S3-compatibleobject storage
Buckets on AletCloud's storage fabric, reached at one endpoint with the tools you already use. Change the endpoint and the region, and code written against AWS keeps working.
From 5 GB at 50 ETB a month, in et-addis-1.
A bucket, a key, and the tool you already have.
Nothing here is an AletCloud client library. The endpoint speaks S3, so the four steps end with the same commands and SDK calls you would write against anybody else's storage.
01
Create the bucket
A name, a capacity and whether the objects are readable by anyone. Versioning is a switch at creation, and the bucket exists by the time the dialog closes.
Bucket name
shop-media
3 to 63 characters, lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens. It cannot start or end with a hyphen.
Storage tier
5 GB50 ETB/mo10 GB90 ETB/mo50 GB400 ETB/mo100 GB750 ETB/mo
PrivateOnly your access keys read and writePublic readObjects are readable over the internet
Object versioningKeep previous versions of overwritten objects
02
Scope a key to it
Each key pair reaches this bucket and no other bucket on the account, so an app, a script or an agent gets its own and loses it the moment you revoke it. The secret is shown once, at the moment it is made.
Access keysshop-media
key label, optionalGenerate key
shop-web-uploadAK01M4K7P2QX9TZD6RWBRevoke
Revoking one key leaves every other key on the bucket working.
03
Point your tools at it
Two environment variables and the AWS CLI, boto3, the JavaScript SDK or s3cmd are talking to Addis instead of Virginia. For a one-off handover, a presigned URL gives somebody an hour on a single object without a key.
export AWS_ENDPOINT_URL=https://s3.aletcloud.com export AWS_REGION=et-addis-1 $ aws s3 cp poster.jpg s3://t01-shop-media/ upload: ./poster.jpg to s3://t01-shop-media/poster.jpg
Presigned URLGET, one hour
https://s3.aletcloud.com/t01-shop-media/poster.jpg?X-Amz-Expires=3600
04
Wire it into an app
Pick a hosted app and the console mints a key, writes the five variables into its environment and redeploys it. Nothing is copied through a clipboard, and the secret never leaves the platform.
shop-webEnvironment
- AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
- AK01M4K7P2QX9TZD6RWB
- AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
- written once, hidden
- AWS_ENDPOINT_URL
- https://s3.aletcloud.com
- AWS_REGION
- et-addis-1
- S3_BUCKET
- t01-shop-media
Redeployed, and reading from the bucket on the next request.
What every bucket carries.
All seven on the 5 GB bucket and on the 100 GB one. Nothing here is held back for the larger tiers.
Buckets in seconds
Name it, pick a capacity, and there is an endpoint and a key pair waiting. Uploading can start before you have finished reading this card.
Scoped access keys
Issue a key pair per app or per agent and revoke it on its own. A key reaches the bucket it was made for and nothing else on the account.
Public or private
Serve assets straight off a public URL, or keep the bucket closed and hand out presigned links that expire. The setting is per bucket and changes whenever.
One-click app wiring
Connect a bucket to a hosted app and the S3 variables are written into its environment and the app redeployed, with no secret passing through you.
Local and low latency
The objects sit in Addis Ababa, a few milliseconds from anyone in the country and inside Ethiopian jurisdiction rather than under somebody else.
Pricing
Top up through chapa.
- The tier is the bucket, not the account
- Every bucket carries its own capacity and its own monthly figure, so a 5 GB bucket for invoices sits next to a 100 GB one for video without either paying for the other.
- Change tier whenever
- Up at any time. Down as well, as long as what is already stored fits inside the smaller tier. The endpoint, the bucket name and the keys are untouched by it.
- Requests are not metered
- What is billed is the tier. Reads, writes and presigned links are not counted against it, and traffic between a bucket and an app or a server on AletCloud never leaves the data centre.
- Deleting is deleting
- Removing a bucket removes every object in it and cannot be undone. Versioning keeps the older copy of an overwritten object, not of a deleted bucket.
Questions people ask
Short answers to the ones that come up most. For anything else, call 6993 and a person answers.
Ask us something elseIs it really S3-compatible?
Yes. It speaks the S3 API, so the AWS SDKs, the AWS CLI, s3cmd and most S3 libraries work once they are pointed at the AletCloud endpoint, region and keys. The code does not change.
How is a bucket billed?
By its tier. Each bucket carries its own capacity and its own monthly figure, from 5 GB at 50 ETB a month, charged by the minute from the wallet. Reads, writes and presigned links are not counted. Buckets and access keys are unlimited.
Can I serve public files or a website?
Yes. Set a bucket to public read and its objects answer on a public URL. Keep it private and hand out presigned links that expire. The setting is per bucket and changes whenever you want.
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