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18min

setup

Create an uplink config file

Usage

Windows
Linux
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Flags

Flag
Description
--auth-service string
If generating backwards-compatible S3 Gateway credentials, use this auth service (default https://auth.us1.storjshare.io)

Global flags

Flag
Description
--config-dir string
Directory that stores the configuration
--help, -h
help for setup
--advanced
when used with -h, prints advanced flags help

Example

1. Start the CLI wizard.

Windows
Linux
macOS

PowerShell

Navigate to the directory your uplink.exe file is located in.

Terminal
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2. Enter the numeric choice or satellite address corresponding to the satellite you've created your account on (ie - enter the number 1, 2, or 3). Terminal

Terminal
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3. Choose an access name, by default this should be left blank, so hit 'enter'

If you would like to choose your own access name, please be sure to only use lowercase letters. Including any uppercase letters will result in your access name not getting recognized when creating buckets.

Terminal
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4. Enter the Access grant you generated:

Terminal
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5. Create and confirm an encryption passphrase. This is used to encrypt your files on your machine before they are uploaded to the network:

Terminal
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Please note that Storj does not know or store your encryption passphrase, so if you lose it, you will not be able to recover your files.

6. Your Uplink is configured and ready to use!

Updated 10 Oct 2022
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