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Download and Installation

Download Links

Table 1 lists the download links of obsutil for different operating systems.

Table 1 Download links of obsutil

Operating System

Download Link

How to Use

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Windows (64-bit)

obsutil_windows64

obsutil_windows64_sha256

After the download completes, click here to see how to quickly get started with obsutil.

Basic functions

You can also click here to learn how to use the help command to get familiar with more functions of obsutil.

Linux AMD (64-bit)

obsutil_linux_amd64

obsutil_linux_amd64_sha256

Linux ARM (64-bit)

obsutil_linux_arm64

obsutil_linux_arm64_sha256

macOS (64-bit)

obsutil_mac64

obsutil_mac64_sha256

For details about the version revision records of obsutil, see ChangeLog.

Quick Installation

Methods of downloading obsutil vary according to different operating systems. obsutil is an installation-free tool and can be used after the package is downloaded and decompressed.

  • In Windows
    1. Open the required download address given in the table above using a browser to download obsutil to your local PC.
    2. After the download completes, decompress the package to a specified folder.
    3. Double-click obsutil.exe in the decompressed folder and then you can use the tool.

      Alternatively, you can open the CLI to go to the upper-level directory of obsutil.exe and run obsutil commands. The command line structures of the two modes are different. For details, see Command Line Structure.

  • In Linux
    1. Open the CLI and run the wget command to download obsutil. 
      wget https://obs-community.obs.cn-north-1.myhuaweicloud.com/obsutil/current/obsutil_linux_amd64.tar.gz

      You can also download the obsutil package from a PC running the Windows operating system and then use a cross-platform transfer tool (such as WinSCP) to transfer the package to your host running the Linux operating system.

    2. Run the following command in the directory where the tool package resides: 
      tar -xzvf obsutil_linux_amd64.tar.gz
    3. Go to the directory where obsutil resides and run the following command to grant the execute permission to obsutil: 
      chmod 755 obsutil
  • macOS
    1. Open the required download address given in the table above using a browser to download obsutil to your local PC.
    2. After the download completes, decompress the package to a specified folder.
    3. Open the CLI, go to the directory where obsutil resides, and run the following command to grant the execute permission to obsutil: 
      chmod 755 obsutil

If you need to use obsutil on a HUAWEI CLOUD ECS, see the reference section below to configure access to OBS over intranet to save traffic costs.