Configuring s3cmd with Gozunga Cloud Files

To use the great open-source tool s3cmd with Gozunga Cloud's File / Object Storage service, apply the following settings to your ~/.s3cfg

You can create S3 credentials within our Cloud Management Portal under the Access -> S3 Credentials tab.

access_key = <your_access_key>
secret_key = <your_secret_key>
host_base = files.fsd1.gozunga.com
host_bucket = files.fsd1.gozunga.com/%(bucket)s
signature_v2 = True
use_https = True
bucket_location =

An example to create a bucket

user@server:~$ s3cmd mb s3://my_bucket
Bucket 's3://my_bucket/' created

Confirm that its create

user@server:~$ s3cmd ls
2025-08-02 11:32  s3://my_bucket

An example to upload a file

user@server:~$ s3cmd put testfile.txt s3://my_bucket
upload: 'testfile.txt -> 's3://my_bucket/testfile.txt'  [1 of 1]
 329 of 329   100% in    0s     8.69 KB/s  done

Check that our new file is there

user@server:~$ s3cmd ls s3://my_bucket
2025-08-02 11:32   329   s3://my_bucket/testfile.txt

Updated on: 02/08/2025