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Mount an IBM Cloud Object Storage bucket as a Windows drive.

Before you begin

You need HMAC credentials for your Cloud Object Storage instance — an IAM API key alone does not work with the S3 interface.

Where to get the keys — in the IBM Cloud console:

  1. Open your Cloud Object Storage instance → Service credentials.
  2. Click New credential, expand Advanced options, and turn on Include HMAC Credential.
  3. In the created credential, copy cos_hmac_keys.access_key_id and secret_access_key.

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Connect

  1. Click Add in the toolbar.
  2. Choose Enterprise → IBM Cloud.
  3. Enter the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key, then click the Refresh button next to the bucket field.
  4. Select the bucket and click Connect.

IBM Cloud connection dialog

Settings

Setting Description Default
Access Key ID / Secret Access Key HMAC credential of the COS instance —
Bucket The bucket to mount (list or manual entry) —
Read-only Blocks writes to the mounted drive off

Behavior & limits

  • Buckets are listed together with their location — regional endpoints follow s3.<region>.cloud-object-storage.appdomain.cloud (us-south, us-east, eu-de, eu-gb, au-syd, …).
  • An API key alone is not enough for the S3 interface — it must be the HMAC key pair.

Troubleshooting

Symptom Cause Fix
Authentication fails Service credential created without HMAC Re-create the credential with Include HMAC Credential on
Bucket missing from the list Bucket belongs to another COS instance Use the credential of the instance that owns the bucket