Manage Keys

For each user, an Object Storage key must be generated manually using Generate a Key.

Activate or deactivate a key

1. In the DCD, go to Menu > Storage > IONOS S3 Object Storage.

2. In the Key management tab, go to the Access keys section that lists all keys present in your account.

3. Select the key and toggle on or off the Active option to activate or deactivate the key respectively.

Toggle key active status

Result: The access key status is set as active when toggled on and deactivated when toggled off.

Warning:

• When you have only one access key, disabling this key will lose your access to all existing buckets. However, the objects remain and usage costs continue to apply.

• To avoid losing access to your S3 buckets, you need at least one active access key. You can either generate a new access key or set an existing deactivated key as active.

Activate or deactivate keys of other users

Prerequisite: Only contract administrators and owners can set up the object storage and manage keys for other users. Make sure you have the corresponding permission.

1. In the DCD, go to Menu > Management > Users & Groups.

2. Select the user from the Users list and click the Object Storage Keys tab.

3. Select the checkbox Active against the Key you want to set as active. Uncheck the checkbox if you want to deactivate the key.

Key active

Result: The access key status is successfully updated.

Delete a key

1. In the DCD, go to Menu > Storage > IONOS S3 Object Storage.

2. In the Key management tab, go to the Access keys section that lists all keys present in your account.

3. Select the key to be deleted and click Delete.

Warning: Any access associated with this key will be revoked and cannot be restored.

Delete key

4. To confirm the deletion of the key, click Delete.

Result: The access key is successfully deleted.

Warning: When you have only one access key with existing buckets, you cannot delete this key. You can either choose to Deactivate a key or create a new access key before deleting the selected key. You can also delete existing buckets and continue with deleting the last access key.

Delete key of other users

Prerequisite: Only contract administrators and owners can delete keys for other users. Make sure you have the corresponding permission.

1. In the DCD, go to Menu > Management > Users & Groups.

2. Select the user from the Users list and click the Object Storage Keys tab.

3. Select the key to be deleted from the list of keys and click Delete.

Warning: Any access associated with this key will be revoked and cannot be restored.

Delete key

4. To confirm the deletion of the key, click OK.

Result: The access key is successfully deleted.

IONOS Cloud API

Use the User S3 keys set of API calls or Object Storage Management API to manage Object Storage access keys.