Configuration File

This is a list of configuration variables for a Droplet profile. Default values are defined only where indicated:

• use_https = true|false; if true, enables https when connecting to S3 service; default is false
• host = string; for example, s3.amazonaws.com
• port = alternate port; if not 80 with http or 443 with https
• base_path = path to prepend to all URLs
• access_key = string; for example, your AccessKeyId
• secret_key = string; secret key bound to access_key
• ssl_method = string; used only if use_https=true; valid values are SSLv3, TLSv1, TLSv1.1, TLSv1.2 or SSLv23; default is SSLv23
• ssl_cert_file = string; used only if use_https=true
• ssl_key_file = string; used only if use_https=true
• ssl_password = string; used only if use_https=true
• ssl_ca_list = string; used only if use_https=true
• pricing = string; pricing profile, absolute path or relative path from ~/.droplet
• read_buf_size = string; default is 8192
• encrypt_key = string; used when enabling on-the-fly aes-256-cfb encryption
• light_mode = true|false; do not attempt to resolve paths before accessing an object; default is true
• backend = s3|cdmi|srest|srws; alternet backend; default is s3
• encode_slashes = true|false; some servers do not like encoded slashes; default is true
• keep_alive = true|false; try to reuse connections; default is true
• url_encoding = true|false; some servers do not like encoded URLs; default is true
• have_cdmi_metadata = true|false; some CDMI servers do not understand ?metadata syntax; default is true
• delim = string; delimiter for directories; default is /

Some variables are optional, while others are mandatory. The library will issue a warning if any mandatory variables are not set, or if values are provided for nonexisting variables.