Manage files in BucketFS
Learn how to upload and manage files in BucketFS.
You can access the files in a bucket from outside the cluster by using an HTTP client/file transfer tool and providing the IP address of one of the nodes, the BucketFS port, the bucket name, and the read or write password.
The read/write passwords are set when you create the bucket. You can change the passwords for an existing bucket through Exasol Admin (if available in the deployment) or by using the ConfD job bucket_modify. You can also make a bucket publicly readable without a password.
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The write password allows both read and write access.
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To allow access to a bucket, the network must allow traffic on the port used by the BucketFS service. The default BucketFS service uses port 2581. See also Firewall and port settings.
In on-premises installations of Exasol 2025.1 and later you can use Exasol Admin to manage buckets and files in BucketFS. In other versions of Exasol you can use an HTTP client or a command-line file transfer tool such as curl to upload and manage files in the buckets.
Exasol also provides BucketFS Client, a Java-based tool for Windows and Linux that allows you to create new buckets and bucket services in addition to uploading and managing files. To learn more, see the BucketFS Client User Guide on GitHub.
