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diff --git a/doc/special_remotes/S3.mdwn b/doc/special_remotes/S3.mdwn index abd61ac79..d6a7229e3 100644 --- a/doc/special_remotes/S3.mdwn +++ b/doc/special_remotes/S3.mdwn @@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ See [[walkthrough/using_Amazon_S3]] for usage examples. ## configuration +The standard environment variables `ANNEX_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID` and +`ANNEX_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY` are 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. + A number of parameters can be passed to `git annex initremote` to configure the S3 remote. @@ -29,8 +35,5 @@ the S3 remote. 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. +* `x-amz-*` are passed through as http headers when storing keys + in S3. |