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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2011-05-01 14:05:10 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2011-05-01 14:05:10 -0400 |
| commit | 1f84c7a9642378e26d2b076def52255361591a04 (patch) | |
| tree | 29a6be9bac36b84f1a59c362d64dd72a93d8c7fe /doc/special_remotes | |
| parent | 110b1e2b0a4d8355b3de5ebde1710b6b7cd61911 (diff) | |
S3: When encryption is enabled, the Amazon S3 login credentials are stored, encrypted, in .git-annex/remotes.log, so environment variables need not be set after the remote is initialized.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/special_remotes/Amazon_S3.mdwn | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/special_remotes/Amazon_S3.mdwn b/doc/special_remotes/Amazon_S3.mdwn index 87cde3299..35397dc2a 100644 --- a/doc/special_remotes/Amazon_S3.mdwn +++ b/doc/special_remotes/Amazon_S3.mdwn @@ -29,3 +29,9 @@ the S3 remote. * `bucket` - S3 requires that buckets have a globally unique name, so by default, a bucket name is chosen based on the remote name and UUID. This can be specified to pick a bucket name. + +The standard environment variables `ANNEX_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and +`ANNEX_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` can be used to supply login credentials +for Amazon. When encryption is enabled, they are stored in encrypted form +by `git annex initremote`, so you do not need to keep the environment +variables set after the initial initalization of the remote. |