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  • Working with the Location Manager
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  1. FOR ADMINISTRATORS

Location Manager

manage permanent storage locations

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Last updated 5 months ago

Working with the Location Manager

To create a new location, click on the plus button in the lower left and enter the details (see below). By clicking on a location, you can see and edit the details. To remove a location, click on the desired location and on the minus button in the lower left.

Default storage locations

This configures in which locations new files will be stored.

Already existing files are still used in all locations, not only the default locations.

Details

OPTION
DESCRIPTION

ID

an unique number for each location

Status

fylr tests the connection to the storage location and displays the result here

Prefix

an optional path preceding each file, for example to separate from other data

Allow Purge

when purging this fylr instance, shall the files also be deleted?

Allow Redirect

whether to hide S3 URLs behind fylr's own URL

Type

Filesystem, S3 Bucket or Azure blob storage

Directory

Path, only for type Filesystem

Access Key

Credentials for type S3

Secret Key

Credentials for type S3

Bucket Name

Needed for type S3

Endpoint

URL for type S3

Region

For type S3, defined by your S3 provider

SSL

Whether to use https with S3

Account Name

Credentials for Azure Blob storage

Account Key

Credentials for Azure Blob storage

Endpoint Suffix

For Azure Blob storage

Connection String

For Azure Blob storage, this is an alternative to giving Account Name, Account Key and Endpoint Suffix separately. Do not give both.

Container

For Azure Blob storage

Click on the settings icon in the lower right to configure the default storage locations.

How to reach the location manager in the black menu and an example view of the location manager