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Create folders in Object Storage bucket
The Cloud Manager object storage interface is great, especially with uploading and deleting files.
One thing I'd love to see is the ability to create folders. I know that there are no folders really, it's just a flat store and it's the object name that creates "virtual" folders, but the Amazon S3 interface allows this by creating a hidden "meta" object for the folder - e.g. /My-New-Folder/.metadata (I don't know the actual filename, it's hidden from both the UI and the API.)
My use case for this is that I have a private "downloads" bucket where I just keep software installers etc. that I've downloaded. Currently it's easy just to go into the cloud manager and upload the installer straight from my laptop - but only if the folder already exists. If it doesn't, I then have to open another application (or the CLI on my Linode) to create the folder.
Thanks @andysh-uk; glad you're enjoying the interface.
I agree that the ability to create "folders" in Cloud Manger would be useful, and it's on our roadmap. I spent some time with this, and I believe it can be achieved by creating an empty object with a trailing slash in the name (e.g. "my-folder/"). I've begun discussions with our API team to see if we can support this, since right now the /object-url endpoint doesn't honor the trailing slash.
I'll leave this issue open until we have a more solid answer.
Thanks @johnwcallahan, useful to know!
I’ve tried playing about with s3cmd but I just can’t fool it into creating an object ending with a trailing slash.
I’ll wait in anticipation to hear the progress from yourselves when you have any!
hi, any updates on this? i want to organize my files using the folder creation, thanks
I also waiting for this plan to use website image host and need file organization function like folder
Thanks for your patience; I realize this has been open for a while now. This is still in our backlog but other features are currently higher in priority.
A potential workaround is to create a directory structure on your local machine (each directory must contain at least one file), then drag-and-drop upload the structure with the Cloud Manager UI. I've tested this with MacOS and Windows with Chrome.
I realize this doesn't fit everyone's use case, but hopefully it is helpful in some cases.
We have added the ability to create object storage folders in Cloud Manager
- https://github.com/linode/manager/pull/8757
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