How To Install s3fs-fuse on CentOS 8

s3fs-fuse is FUSE-based file system backed by Amazon S3

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install s3fs-fuse on CentOS 8.

What is s3fs-fuse

s3fs is a FUSE file system that allows you to mount an Amazon S3 bucket as a local file system. It stores files natively and transparently in S3 (i.e., you can use other programs to access the same files). Maximum file size is 5 TB when using multipart upload. s3fs is stable and is being used in number of production environments, e.g., rsync backup to s3.

We can use yum or dnf to install s3fs-fuse on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install s3fs-fuse.

Install s3fs-fuse on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install s3fs-fuse using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install s3fs-fuse

Install s3fs-fuse on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install s3fs-fuse using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install s3fs-fuse

How To Uninstall s3fs-fuse on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the s3fs-fuse package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove s3fs-fuse

s3fs-fuse Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/s3fs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/7b8a6d9092ed32d9eab1a7e15df89bf45ce4be
/usr/share/doc/s3fs-fuse
/usr/share/doc/s3fs-fuse/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/s3fs-fuse/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/s3fs-fuse/README.md
/usr/share/doc/s3fs-fuse/passwd-s3fs
/usr/share/licenses/s3fs-fuse
/usr/share/licenses/s3fs-fuse/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/s3fs.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install s3fs-fuse on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.