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Garage implements the Amazon S3 protocol, which makes it compatible with many existing software programs.

In particular, you will find here instructions to connect it with:

• Browsing tools
• Applications
• Website hosting
• Software repositories
• FUSE

Generic instructions

To configure S3-compatible software to interact with Garage, you will need the following parameters:

• An API endpoint: this corresponds to the HTTP or HTTPS address used to contact the Garage server. When runing Garage locally this will usually be http://127.0.0.1:3900. In a real-world setting, you would usually have a reverse-proxy that adds TLS support and makes your Garage server available under a public hostname such as https://garage.example.com.

• An API access key and its associated secret key. These usually look something like this: GK3515373e4c851ebaad366558 (access key), 7d37d093435a41f2aab8f13c19ba067d9776c90215f56614adad6ece597dbb34 (secret key). These keys are created and managed using the garage CLI, as explained in the quick start guide.

Most S3 clients can be configured easily with these parameters, provided that you follow the following guidelines:

• Be careful to DNS-style/path-style access: Garage supports both DNS-style buckets, which are now by default on Amazon S3, and legacy path-style buckets. If you use a reverse proxy in front of Garage, make sure that you configured it to support the access-style required by the software you want to use.

• Configuring the S3 region: Garage requires your client to talk to the correct "S3 region", which is set in the configuration file. This is often set just to garage. If this is not configured explicitly, clients usually try to talk to region us-east-1. Garage should normally redirect your client to the correct region, but in case your client does not support this you might have to configure it manually.