Uploading Files

You will be able to upload files to the buckets you’ve created (see Creating Buckets). After your content has been uploaded, it will be mirrored in Glacier Deep Archive in the bucket that duplicates your bucket names with the -repl suffix.

You will not be able to do anything with the content in the -repl bucket. You will be able to see filenames, as a reassurance that your content has been mirrored, but if you attempt to download or get information about the files, you will likely encounter:

• Access denied
• Failure to read attributes of [filename]. Forbidden. Request Error

or other errors.

Files in these -repl buckets will only be accessed in the event of checksum failure in your active file structures, so those files can be replaced by this Glacier Deep Archive copy.

Tip

This tool is intended primarily for the long-term storage and preservation of digital assets. Frequent or repeated access to private files within the system may lead to increased operational costs and could potentially compromise data integrity. Users are advised to limit such access and use this tool in accordance with its preservation-focused purpose.

CLI option

Refer to the AWS CLI S3 documentation:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-services-s3-commands.html

Upload files (entire folder):

aws s3 sync ./local-folder s3://{stackname}-bucket

Upload a single file:

aws s3 cp myfile.txt s3://{stackname}-bucket

Cyberduck option

Cyberduck documentation on File Transfers

• Uploading folders or individual files is as simple as clicking and dragging from a folder in File Explorer / Finder into the Cyberduck client. Alternatively, click the Upload button in the Cyberduck client to browse for files or folders.
• Cyberduck will provide a pop-up log indicating whether the upload was successful. Another pop-up will appear if there are any errors or issues (for example, if you are not authorized to upload to the bucket).

SFTPGo option

• Uploading folders or individual files is as simple as clicking and dragging from a folder in File Explorer / Finder into the web application. Alternatively, click the “drop files here to upload” area to browse for files or folders.
• You cannot upload an empty folder, but you can create folder structures within your -private and -public folders before uploading content.
• Uploading very large files may take a long time and can time out. If you have files larger than 1–2 GB, you may need to use Cyberduck or another S3-compatible tool.

Use the New Folder button to create your folder structure(s) before uploading content.

• The web application will show a list of all files queued for upload so you can confirm filenames and paths.
• After uploading content, do not forget to click the Save button in the bottom right corner, or your content will not be uploaded.
• After completion, you will see your preserved file structure. The default display shows 10 results at a time, but this can be increased up to 500.

Screen display showing preserved folder structure and the option to change the number of displayed results.

Reminder: You will not see the replicated file structure in the SFTPGo web application, but your files are still being replicated in Glacier.

Tip

We have occasionally seen a generic “Error uploading files” message in SFTPGo. Closing the error and attempting the upload again has so far worked successfully (sometimes requiring closing the error twice).
The cause is not yet certain; it may be related to attempting uploads after a session has expired. This is an area for further investigation and feedback.