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diff --git a/doc/book/src/cookbook/clients.md b/doc/book/src/cookbook/clients.md index 7a3a50df..364c982c 100644 --- a/doc/book/src/cookbook/clients.md +++ b/doc/book/src/cookbook/clients.md @@ -12,16 +12,19 @@ parameters: - An **API access key** and its associated **secret key**. These usually look something like this: `GK3515373e4c851ebaad366558` (access key), `7d37d093435a41f2aab8f13c19ba067d9776c90215f56614adad6ece597dbb34` (secret key). + These keys are created and managed using the `garage` CLI, as explained in the + [quick start](../quick_start/index.md) guide. -Most S3 clients can be configured easily, provided that you follow the following guidelines: +Most S3 clients can be configured easily with these parameters, +provided that you follow the following guidelines: - **Force path style:** Garage does not support DNS-style buckets, which are now by default on Amazon S3. Instead, Garage uses the legacy path-style bucket addressing. Remember to configure your client to acknowledge this fact. - **Configuring the S3 region:** Garage requires your client to talk to the correct "S3 region", - which is set in the configuration file. This is often set just to `garage`. Remember to - configure your client correctly for this as otherwise it will talk to `us-east-1`. + which is set in the configuration file. This is often set just to `garage`. + If this is not configured explicitly, clients usually try to talk to region `us-east-1`. Garage should normally redirect your client to the correct region, but in case your client does not support this you might have to configure it manually. |