--- title: Configuring S3-Compatible Storage description: You can set up Couchbase Enterprise Analytics to use an S3-Compatible storage solution. pubDate: 2026-08-17T09:53:44.266Z antora: editUrl: https://github.com/couchbaselabs/docs-enterprise-analytics/edit/release/2.2/modules/manage/pages/manage-nodes/s3-compatible-storage.adoc xref: xref:enterprise-analytics:manage:manage-nodes/s3-compatible-storage.adoc[] --- [Consult the llms.txt file for a full list of contents](/llms.txt) [View original HTML](/enterprise-analytics/current/manage/manage-nodes/s3-compatible-storage.html) # Configuring S3-Compatible Storage > You can set up Couchbase Enterprise Analytics to use an S3-Compatible storage solution. While AWS S3 is fully supported, third-party storage systems that implement the S3 API may also work with Enterprise Analytics. However, compatibility is not guaranteed for all S3-compatible solutions, as they must properly implement all required S3 operations. To be compatible with Enterprise Analytics, S3-compatible object storage must have strong and global consistency for bucket updates and support the following operations: * [GetObject](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API%5FGetObject.html) * [PutObject](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API%5FPutObject.html) * [DeleteObject](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API%5FDeleteObject.html) * [DeleteObjects](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API%5FDeleteObjects.html) * [CopyObject](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API%5FCopyObject.html) * [HeadObject](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API%5FHeadObject.html) * [ListObjectsV2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API%5FListObjectsV2.html) * [CreateMultipartUpload](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API%5FCreateMultipartUpload.html) * [UploadPart](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API%5FUploadPart.html) * [CompleteMultipartUpload](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API%5FCompleteMultipartUpload.html) * [AbortMultipartUpload](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API%5FAbortMultipartUpload.html) * [GetBucketLocation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API%5FGetBucketLocation.html) > [!IMPORTANT] > Enterprise Analytics has been certified with NetApp StorageGRID v11.9.0.6 or later. Other S3-compatible storage has not yet been verified. To use Enterprise Analytics with NetApp StorageGRID, you must: 1. [Create a NetApp StorageGRID bucket](#create-bucket). 2. [Configure NetApp StorageGRID credentials](#configure-storagegrid-credentials). 3. [Configure S3 Access Credentials](#configure-s3-credentials). 4. [Configure Enterprise Analytics](#configure-ea). ## [](#create-bucket)Create a NetApp StorageGRID bucket To create a bucket in StorageGRID that Enterprise Analytics uses for storing data: 1. Click **Create Bucket** in the StorageGRID UI. 2. Enter a name for the bucket, for example, `samplebucket`. 3. Select region `us-east-1` or the region you want to use. 4. Click **Continue** to create the bucket. 5. Click **Create bucket**. 6. In **Bucket options** tab, select **All**, this provides the highest guarantee of consistency. ## [](#configure-storagegrid-credentials)Configure NetApp StorageGRID credentials Create the **Access key ID** and **Secret access key** for the bucket in StorageGRID. For more information about creating access keys, see the [NetApp StorageGRID documentation](https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/storagegrid/tenant/creating-your-own-s3-access-keys.html). Enterprise Analytics uses these credentials to access the bucket. 1. In the **Create access key** page, **Do not set an expiration time** is selected by default. 2. Click **Create access key** to generate the access key. ## [](#configure-s3-credentials)Configure S3 Access Credentials You should place the credentials file in the `.aws` directory in the `Couchbase` user's home directory. For example, `/home/couchbase/.aws/credentials` & `chmod’d` to `600` as a security best practice. Make sure to enter the credentials under the default profile. For more information about how to set configuration and credential files in the AWS CLI, see the [AWS documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-configure-files.html). You can verify that each node was properly configured using AWS CLI: ```none aws s3 ls s3://bucket/prefix/ --endpoint-url https://storagegrid-endpoint.com ``` If your credentials have not been correctly configured, the CLI returns: ```none $ aws s3 ls s3://bucket/prefix/ --endpoint-url https://storagegrid-endpoint.com Unable to locate credentials. You can configure credentials by running "aws configure". ``` If the credentials are incorrect: ```none $ aws s3 ls s3://bucket/prefix/ --endpoint-url https://storagegrid-endpoint.com An error occurred (InvalidAccessKeyId) when calling the ListObjectsV2 operation. The AWS Access Key Id you provided does not exist in our records. ``` If you correctly configured your credentials, you should see: ```none $ aws s3 ls s3://bucket/prefix/ --endpoint-url https://storagegrid-endpoint.com PRE subdir/ ``` ## [](#configure-ea)Configure Enterprise Analytics Use the Couchbase CLI or REST API to configure each Enterprise Analytics node to use the StorageGRID bucket as its object storage. Copy the **Access key ID** and **Secret access key** to the credentials file. 1. From the UI, choose **S3-Compatible Storage**. 2. Specify the following: * StorageGrid Endpoint: for example, * Bucket Name: `samplebucket` * Bucket Region: `us-east-1` * (Optional) Bucket Path Prefix: for example, `sampleprefix/` 3. Make sure to check **Force Path Style**. 4. Click **Save & Finish** to save the configuration. ## [](#next-steps)Next Steps * [Initialize a Node](initialize-node.md)