.. _goofys: ****** Goofys ****** In this page you will find documentation on how to mount SWIFT object storage as a normal file system through **goofys** in user space. Using goofys a bucket can be mounted as a filesystem using the S3 protocol on linux systems. .. contents:: :depth: 4 ============ Installation ============ Information on how to install goofys may be found at: https://github.com/kahing/goofys#installation. ============ Configuration ============ 1. Create a file ~/.aws/credentials with the following content: .. code-block:: console [default] aws_access_key_id = aws_secret_access_key = region = NL Don't forget: .. code-block:: console chmod 600 ~/.aws/credentials ======================== Mounting the file system ======================== .. code-block:: console goofys --endpoint https://proxy.swift.surfsara.nl ========================== Unmounting the file system ========================== Unmounting the file system is done by: .. code-block:: console fusermount -u