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This special remote type stores file contents in a bucket in Amazon S3
or a similar service, such as 
[Archive.org's S3 API](http://www.archive.org/help/abouts3.txt).

See [[walkthrough/using_Amazon_S3]] for usage examples.

## configuration

A number of parameters can be passed to `git annex initremote` to configure
the S3 remote.

* `encryption` - Required. Either "none" to disable encryption
  (not recommended),
  or a value that can be looked up (using gpg -k) to find a gpg encryption
  key that will be given access to the remote. Note that additional gpg
  keys can be given access to a remote by rerunning initremote with
  the new key id. See [[encryption]].

* `datacenter` - Defaults to "US". Other values include "EU",
  "us-west-1", and "ap-southeast-1".

* `storageclass` - Default is "STANDARD". If you have configured git-annex
  to preserve multiple [[copies]], consider setting this to "REDUCED_REDUNDANCY"
  to save money.

* `host` and `port` - Specify in order to use a different, S3 compatable
  service.

* `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.