Cyberduck

Cyberduck is a file manager that supports FTP, SFTP, OpenStack Swift, and Amazon S3 protocols, making it convenient for working with cloud storage. In our Cyberduck profile, the OpenStack Swift protocol is used.

Installing Cyberduck on Windows

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1. Download Cyberduck from the official website and install it.

2. In your bucket settings, download the Hostman profile file.

3. Place the profile in the profiles directory (typically located at C:\Program Files\Cyberduck\profiles).

4. Launch Cyberduck and click on Open Connection.

The "Open Connection" window in the Cyberduck interface

5. Select the Hostman S3 Storage profile.

6. Enter the connection credentials.

   • AccountID: enter your_hostman_login:swift

   • Password: enter the password from the Cyberduck tab.

7. Click Connect.

Once connected, you will see a list of the created buckets.

Console Version

Cyberduck also offers a console version for Windows. You can install it using the Chocolatey package manager:

choco install duck

Next download the Hostman profile file from the bucket settings in the dashboard and place it in the C:\Program Files\Cyberduck\profiles directory.

Installing Cyberduck on MacOS

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1. Download Cyberduck for free from the official website or purchase it through the App Store.
2. In your bucket settings, download the Hostman profile file.

3. Place the profile in the profiles directory:

~/Library/Group Containers/G69SCX94XU.duck/Library/Application Support/duck/Profiles

4. Launch Cyberduck and select the Hostman S3 Storage profile.
5. Enter the connection credentials.

• • AccountID: enter your_hostman_login:swift
  • Password: enter the password from the Cyberduck tab.

6. Click Connect.

Once connected, you will see a list of the created buckets.

Console Version

You can also use the console version of Cyberduck. You can install it using Homebrew.

1. Run the following command to download the latest installer version:

brew install duck

2. Download the Hostman profile file and add it to Cyberduck.

Installing Cyberduck on Linux

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For Linux, you can use a console version of Cyberduck.

1. Add the duck repository:

echo -e "deb https://s3.amazonaws.com/repo.deb.cyberduck.io stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cyberduck.list > /dev/null

2. Download the public GPG key from keyserver.ubuntu.com:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys FE7097963FEFBE72

3. Update the repository:

sudo apt-get update

4. Install the Cyberduck CLI:

sudo apt-get install duck

5. Create a directory for profiles:

mkdir -p ~/.duck/profiles

6. Download the Hostman profile:

wget -O ~/.duck/profiles/hostman.cyberduckprofile https://st.hostman.com/cloud-static/hostman/hostman.cyberduckprofile

Commands for Managing Storage

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The commands follow this format:

duck <generic_option> <argument> hostman:/<bucket_name> --username <login>:swift --password <password>

Where:

• <generic_option> — an additional option, such as --verbose or --retry.
• <argument> — a duck utility argument. You can get the full list of arguments and options by running duck --help.
• <bucket_name> — the name of the bucket.
• <login> — your Hostman account login. In the --username parameter, you should always enter the login and swift separated by a colon, e.g., xg60398:swift.
• <password> — the storage password which you can copy from the Cyberduck tab.

Example:

duck --list hostman:/7ebe7c09-90e3e6df-c3e1-4bd2-bb6f-166b49bb32f8 --username xg60398:swift --password gUAD0KCFhsGfbV2Arfhe9y5CAA4i8tLBqNyzAUW8

Listing Files

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To get a list of files in a bucket, use either the --list or -l argument:

duck --list hostman:/<bucket_name> --username <login>:swift --password <password>

Downloading Files

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To download a file to your local device, use the -d argument:

duck -d hostman:/<bucket_name> --username <login>:swift --password <password>

Editing Files

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Use the --edit argument to open a file for editing, make changes, and save the updated version back to the bucket:

duck --edit hostman:/<bucket_name> --username <login>:swift --password <password>

Uploading a File to a Bucket

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To upload a file to storage, use --upload:

duck --upload hostman:/<bucket_name> <local_file_name> --username <login>:swift --password <password>

Copying Files

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To copy a file from one bucket to another, use --copy, specifying first the current file location and then its new location in the target bucket:

duck --copy hostman:/<current_bucket_name>/<file_path> hostman:/<new_bucket_name>/<file_path> --username <login>:swift --password <password>

Backing Up Files

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To regularly back up files from a specific directory to storage, you can create a Cron job using the following script:

#!/bin/bash
USERNAME=<login>
PASSWORD=<password>
BACKUP_PATH=<bucket_name>/<directory_path>
LOCAL_PATH=<local_directory_path>
duck --upload "hostman:/${BACKUP_PATH}" "${LOCAL_PATH}" --existing rename --username "${USERNAME}:swift" --password "${PASSWORD}" -q -y

The --existing argument specifies what to do with existing files. The example above uses the rename option, which renames an existing copy by adding the time and date. Other options include:

• overwrite to replace the existing file with the new version.
• skip to upload only new files added after the last upload, skipping even modified duplicates.
• compare for differential backup, which replaces the old version with the new if they differ in size, modification date, or checksum.

Example:

duck --upload hostman:/<bucket_name>/<directory_path> <local_directory_path> --existing compare --username <login>:swift --password <password>

For information on all available options, use:

duck --help

File Synchronization

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The --synchronize option lets you sync the content of a local directory with one in storage. Any changes, additions, or deletions made locally will be mirrored in storage, and vice versa, resulting in both directories having an identical file set in the same version.

Example:

duck --synchronize hostman:/<bucket_name>/<directory_path> <local_directory_path> --username <login>:swift --password <password>

To automatically perform synchronization and keep the file copies in storage up to date, you can create a Cron job with the following script:

#!/bin/bash
USERNAME=<login>
PASSWORD=<password>
BACKUP_PATH=<bucket_name>/<directory_path>
LOCAL_PATH=<local_directory_path>
duck --synchronize "hostman:/${BACKUP_PATH}" "${LOCAL_PATH}" --username "${USERNAME}:swift" --password "${PASSWORD}" -q -y