What's New

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Deep Archive (under limited beta testing) is available.

The Deep Archive storage class is suitable for storing data that is barely accessed (once every few years). This storage class costs less than the Archive storage class, but takes longer time (usually several hours) to restore data. Deep Archive is now only supported in the TR-Istanbul region.

Open beta testing

Storage Classes

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Object/file search is improved.

You can search for objects or files by storage class, last modification time, or object/file name prefix and sort them by size or last modification time. The first 1,000 objects or files can be sorted by last modification time. If there are over 5,000 objects or files, they will be sorted in alphabetical order and can only be searched by object or file name prefix.

Commercial use

Searching for an Object or Folder

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Permission configuration on OBS Console is optimized.

Experience in configuring permissions is improved:

• The bucket ACL and object ACL pages have their layout optimized and have the Public Access module added.
• A new edition of the bucket policy creation window is put ponline, which makes your policy configuration in a visual way more intuitive.

Commercial use

Configuring a Bucket ACL

Configuring an Object ACL

Creating a Bucket Policy with a Template

Creating a Custom Bucket Policy (Visual Editor)

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Bucket's overview page is improved.

The layout of a bucket's overview page is re-organized. There are a range of modules added, including usage statistics, alarm monitoring, process flows for common scenarios, domain name details, FAQs, and learn more.

Commercial use

Viewing Basic Information of a Bucket

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Online decompression is put into commercial use.

You can compress multiple files into a ZIP package and upload it to OBS. The package is automatically decompressed after being uploaded.

Commercial use

Online Decompression

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SSE-OBS is supported.

You can use the keys managed by OBS to encrypt data on the server side. Server-side encryption with OBS managed keys (SSE-OBS) is now available in the AP-Bangkok region only.

Commercial use

Server-Side Encryption

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Folder sharing by URL is supported.

You can specify a validity period and then share the URL generated for a folder with others, so they can use a signature to access all objects in the shared folder.

Commercial use

Sharing a Folder

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WORM is supported.

You can configure write-once-read-many (WORM) policies to prevent objects from being deleted or tampered with during a particular period of time.

Commercial use

WORM

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Back to source is under open beta testing.

With back to source, the requested data will be automatically fetched for users from its source site if it is not found in OBS.

Open beta testing

Back to Source

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Online decompression is supported.

You can compress multiple files into a ZIP package and upload it to OBS. The package is automatically decompressed after being uploaded.

Open beta testing

Online Decompression

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Command output for the obsutil ls command is optimized.

Parameter -format is added to the obsutil ls command so that the listing result is printed in one line to prevent display disorders.

Commercial use

Listing Buckets

Listing Objects

Listing Multipart Upload Tasks

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Access control on OBS Console is optimized.

The configuration of OBS bucket policies is simplified and easier. Bucket policy templates are provided for typical scenarios.

Commercial use

Creating a Bucket Policy with a Template

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OBS Administrator system policy is now available.

OBS Administrator is added as a system policy in IAM. A user with this permission is an OBS administrator and can perform any operations on all OBS resources under the account.

Commercial use

IAM Permissions

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OBS Browser+ supports account login.

You can now log in to OBS Browser+ using an account (or an IAM user under the account) and its password, which relieves you from recording complex access keys.

Commercial use

Logging In to OBS Browser+

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OBS Browser+ supports sharing folders through QR codes.

OBS Browser+ can generate QR codes that you can use to share folders with others.

Commercial use

OBS Browser+ Best Practices

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The best practice case for accessing OBS through an NGINX reverse proxy is released.

In some cases, you may need to set a blacklist and a whitelist of external IP addresses to control external access, so you need to provide a fixed IP address for users to access OBS. Also for security purposes, an OBS bucket does not have a fixed IP address, because the DNS service of HUAWEI CLOUD resolves the bucket access domain name to different IP addresses. In this case, you can set up an NGINX reverse proxy server on an ECS to allow users to access OBS through a fixed IP address.

Commercial use

Accessing OBS Through an NGINX Reverse Proxy

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Lightweight OBS Browser+ is released.

OBS Browser+ is downsized from over 70 MB to only 50 MB.

Commercial use

Downloading OBS Browser+

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Lifecycle management is available for parallel file systems.

You can configure lifecycle management rules for a parallel file system to periodically delete files or transition files from one storage class to another, which is the same as the lifecycle management for buckets.

Commercial use

Lifecycle Management

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OBS Browser+ supports MD5 verification.

You can now enable MD5 verification in advanced settings on OBS Browser+ to verify data consistency.

Commercial use

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OBS Browser+ extends the validity period of shared folders.

The URL generated by OBS Browser+ for a shared folder can be valid for a maximum of one year.

Commercial use

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OBS GO SDK supports resumable data upload.

Uploading large files often fails due to poor network conditions or program breakdowns. It is a waste of resources to restart the upload process upon an upload failure, and the restarted upload process may still suffer from the unstable network. The API for resumable data upload effectively solves this problem.

Commercial use

Resumable Upload

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OBS Browser+ supports flow control.

OBS Browser+ now provides advanced settings for you to enable QoS flow control.

Commercial use

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Large file uploading progress is visible on OBS Console.

You can now view the progress when uploading large files on OBS Console.

Commercial use

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OBS Browser+ supports scheduled upload.

You can schedule a specific upload time on OBS Browser+ to automatically upload files from local disks or directories to OBS. Upload tasks can be executed daily, weekly, monthly, or at a custom time.

Commercial use

Auto Upload

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The OBS Browser+ version for macOS is released.

OBS Browser+ is now compatible with macOS.

Commercial use

Downloading OBS Browser+

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Fine-grained authorization is released.

With this function, you can grant fine-grained OBS policies to IAM user groups, so that IAM users in the groups have the specified operation permissions. Such policies can take effect on OBS as a whole or on a specific bucket or object.

Commercial use

IAM Permissions

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OBS Browser is abandoned.

OBS Browser has been abandoned since April 15, 2020. Its functions are inherited by the new client tool OBS Browser+ that provides you with better user experience. Download the latest OBS Browser+.

Commercial use

Downloading OBS Browser+

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The best practice for verifying OBS data consistency is released.

OBS verifies data consistency by calculating the MD5 value when data is uploaded or downloaded. Data consistency verification is disabled by default. You can enable it when using obsutil, OBS Browser+, or OBS SDKs to upload and download data.

Commercial use

Verifying Data Consistency

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User-defined domain names can be configured for buckets.

You can configure a user-defined domain name for an OBS bucket so that you can use this domain name to access files stored in the bucket.

Commercial use

User-Defined Domain Name Configuration