Manage Objects and Folders
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Using the DCD, you can search for objects in buckets if the prefix or full name is known. For technical reasons, it is not possible to search for objects across buckets or folders.
To search for an object, follow these steps:
1. In the DCD, go to Menu > Storage > IONOS S3 Object Storage.
2. From the drop-down list in the Buckets tab, choose either Show user-owned buckets or Show contract-owned buckets depending on the bucket type you want to view.
3. From the Buckets list, choose the bucket in which you want to search for objects.
4. In the Search by Prefix field, enter the prefix or file name to search for.
Result: The objects matching your search criteria are displayed.
If you have enabled versioning for your S3 bucket, you have the flexibility to download non-current versions of objects. Toggle the Show versions option to view objects that are versioned. Objects that were already uploaded to the object storage before versioning was activated are identified by ID null. If versioning is deactivated, existing object versions are retained.
Versioning is not enabled by default. For more information, see Versioning.
1. In the DCD, go to Menu > Storage > IONOS S3 Object Storage.
2. From the drop-down list in the Buckets tab, choose either Show user-owned buckets or Show contract-owned buckets depending on the bucket type you want to view.
3. From the Buckets list, choose the bucket or folder from which you want to download an object.
4. (Optional) To view the object's versions, toggle on Show versions. This option is available only if Versioning is enabled for the bucket.
Info: You may toggle off Show versions to view only the newest version of the objects.
5. Choose the object or object's version to download and click on the respective object's action menu (three dots).
6. Click Download.
7. (Optional) Use the Copy URL option to copy the object's URL to the clipboard.
Result: The object is successfully downloaded.
If you no longer want to keep the objects in the IONOS S3 Object Storage, these objects can be deleted. Deleted objects are not physically removed from the Object Storage, but receive a 'delete marker' and then have a size of 0 KB. These markers are deleted at an interval specified by the user or by the system.
There are two ways to delete objects from the IONOS S3 Object Storage using the DCD - manually and automatically.
1. In the DCD, go to Menu > Storage > IONOS S3 Object Storage.
2. From the drop-down list in the Buckets tab, choose either Show user-owned buckets or Show contract-owned buckets depending on the bucket type you want to view.
3. From the Buckets list, choose the bucket from which you want to delete an object.
4. Choose the object to delete and click on the respective object's action menu (three dots). Alternatively, you can also select the object to delete and click Delete selected objects.
6. Click Delete.
6. Confirm the deletion of the object by choosing Delete.
Result: The object is successfully deleted from the bucket.
You can also automate the deletion of objects using Lifecycle.
1. In the DCD, go to Menu > Storage > IONOS S3 Object Storage.
2. From the drop-down list in the Buckets tab, choose either Show user-owned buckets or Show contract-owned buckets depending on the bucket type you want to view.
3. From the Buckets list, choose the bucket from which you want to delete a folder.
4. Choose the folder to delete and click on the respective folder's action menu (three dots). Alternatively, you can also select the folder to delete and click Delete selected objects.
5. Click Delete.
6. Confirm the deletion of the folder by choosing Delete. If the folder contains objects, you see an option to Empty and delete which deletes all the objects within the folder and then deletes the folder.
Result: The folder is successfully deleted from the bucket.
You can delete multiple objects and folders in a bucket at a time by following these steps:
1. In the DCD, go to Menu > Storage > IONOS S3 Object Storage.
2. From the drop-down list in the Buckets tab, choose either Show user-owned buckets or Show contract-owned buckets depending on the bucket type you want to view.
3. From the Buckets list, choose the bucket from which you want to delete objects and folders.
4. Select the checkboxes next to the names of the objects and folders to be deleted.
5. (Optional) To delete all objects and folders, select the checkbox next to the names of the objects and folders.
6. Click Delete selected objects.
7. Confirm the deletion of selected objects and folders by choosing Delete. If the folder contains objects, you see an option to Empty and delete which deletes all the objects within the folder and then deletes the folder.
Result: The objects and folders selected for deletion are successfully deleted from the bucket.
