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Buckets Management Help Guide

Feature Support Details
Create bucket ✅ supported Use the sidebar “New Bucket” option to create a bucket in the active connection.
Delete bucket ✅ supported Right-click a bucket in the sidebar and choose Delete. You'll be prompted to type the bucket name to confirm.
List buckets ✅ supported All buckets for the selected connection appear in the left sidebar.
Bucket tagging ✅ supported Select a bucket and open the Tags tab in the Inspector to edit tags.
Bucket region selection ⚠️ partial support Set the region when managing connections; new buckets inherit that region.
Bucket policy management ✅ supported Open the Bucket Policy tab for a selected bucket to view or edit its policy.
Bucket lifecycle management ✅ supported Use the Versioning tab to configure lifecycle rules and transitions.
Bucket logging ⚠️ partial support Logs can be viewed in the Logging dashboard; enabling logging must be done outside the app.
Bucket versioning ✅ supported Enable or suspend versioning from the Versioning tab.
Bucket website hosting ✅ supported Configure index and error documents from the Website tab.
Bucket replication (cross-region replication, same-region replication) Not supported.
Bucket transfer acceleration Not supported.
Bucket request payment configuration Not supported.
Bucket notifications (SNS, SQS, Lambda integration) Not supported.
Bucket inventory reports Not supported.
Bucket analytics Not supported.
Bucket metrics Not supported.
Bucket default encryption Not supported.

Object Operations Help Guide

Feature Support Details
Upload objects & folders (multipart) ✅ supported Drag files or folders into the file tree or use the context menu. Files over 100 MiB automatically use multipart upload.
Download objects ✅ supported Right-click an object and choose Download.
ZIP downloads for folders and bulk selections ✅ supported Folders always download as ZIPs. More than 10 files or any folder selection will be zipped into a single package.
Delete objects (single, batch) ✅ supported Select one or many objects and choose Delete.
Copy objects (cross-bucket, within bucket) ✅ supported Use the Copy option after selecting objects, then pick the destination bucket.
Move objects (copy+delete) ✅ supported Select objects and choose Move to relocate them.
Rename objects (copy+delete) ✅ supported Right-click an object and select Rename.
Object tagging ✅ supported Open the Tags tab for a file to add or remove tags.
Object metadata management ⚠️ partial support View metadata in the Details tab. Editing is not currently available.
Object versioning (enable, suspend, manage versions) ✅ supported Use the Versioning tab to view and restore prior versions.
Object locking (WORM compliance) ⚠️ partial support Enable locking at the bucket level in the Versioning tab.
Object retention policies Not supported.
Object legal hold Not supported.
Object expiration policies ⚠️ partial support Set expiration days within lifecycle rules under the Versioning tab.
Object checksum validation Not supported.
Presigned URLs (for secure temporary sharing) ✅ supported Right-click an object and choose Presign to generate a temporary URL.
Object ACL management ✅ supported Edit ACLs for a file from the ACL tab.
Multipart uploads (initiate, list, complete, abort) Not supported.
Object Select (S3 Select for querying data within objects) Not supported.

Storage Classes Help Guide

Feature Support Details
Standard ✅ supported Objects upload in the Standard storage class by default.
Intelligent-Tiering Not supported.
Standard-Infrequent Access (Standard-IA) Not supported.
One Zone-Infrequent Access (One Zone-IA) Not supported.
Glacier Instant Retrieval ⚠️ partial support Lifecycle rules can transition objects to Glacier classes.
Glacier Flexible Retrieval (formerly Glacier) ⚠️ partial support Set days until transition to Glacier in lifecycle settings.
Glacier Deep Archive Not supported.
Reduced Redundancy Storage (deprecated but still available) Not supported.

Access Control and Security Help Guide

Feature Support Details
IAM integration (fine-grained access control) Not supported.
Bucket policies (JSON policies) ✅ supported Edit JSON policies in the Bucket Policy tab.
Access control lists (ACLs) ✅ supported Use the ACL tab for buckets or objects to adjust permissions.
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) ✅ supported Manage CORS rules from the CORS tab.
Server-side encryption (SSE-S3, SSE-KMS, SSE-C) Not supported.
Client-side encryption Not supported.
Encryption with AWS KMS Not supported.
Object ownership controls (BucketOwnerPreferred, ObjectWriter, BucketOwnerEnforced) Not supported.
Public access settings (Block Public Access) Not supported.
VPC endpoint integration (private access) Not supported.
Audit logging (CloudTrail integration) Not supported.
Object Lock (compliance and governance mode) ⚠️ partial support Enable File Locking for the bucket in the Versioning tab.

Monitoring, Logging, and Auditing Help Guide

Feature Support Details
CloudWatch metrics integration Not supported.
CloudWatch events integration Not supported.
CloudTrail logging Not supported.
Access logging (server access logs) ⚠️ partial support Browse access logs with the Logging dashboard.
S3 Storage Lens (analytics and insights) Not supported.

Data Transfer and Integration Help Guide

Feature Support Details
AWS DataSync integration (migration and sync)Not supported.
AWS Snowball integration (large-scale data transfer)Not supported.
AWS Transfer Family (SFTP, FTPS, FTP)Not supported.
AWS Storage Gateway integrationNot supported.
AWS Batch operations (bulk operations on objects)Not supported.
AWS Backup integrationNot supported.
AWS Athena integration (SQL querying of S3 data)Not supported.
AWS Glue integration (data cataloging and ETL)Not supported.
AWS Lambda triggers (event-driven processing)Not supported.
EventBridge integrationNot supported.
AWS Kinesis integration (streaming data)Not supported.
AWS Redshift integration (data warehouse)Not supported.
EMR integration (big data analytics)Not supported.

Disaster Recovery & Replication Help Guide

Feature Support Details
Cross-region replication (CRR)Not supported.
Same-region replication (SRR)Not supported.
Multi-destination replicationNot supported.
Replication metrics and notificationsNot supported.
Versioning-enabled replicationNot supported.

Cost Management Help Guide

Feature Support Details
Storage class analysisNot supported.
Intelligent-tiering automationNot supported.
Lifecycle policies for automatic transition and expiration✅ supportedConfigure transition and expiration rules under the Versioning tab.

Website Hosting & Static Content Help Guide

Feature Support Details
Static website hosting✅ supportedEnable static hosting from the Website tab and preview your site instantly.
Redirect rules✅ supportedConfigure prefix or object redirects in the Website tab for clean URLs.
Index and error documents✅ supportedSelect custom index and error pages to provide friendly messages.
CloudFront CDN integration✅ supportedLaunch a CloudFront distribution from the Website tab and manage cache invalidation.
Custom domain mapping⚠️ partial supportAttach a CNAME or Route 53 domain when setting up CloudFront.
HTTPS/SSL certificates⚠️ partial supportUse ACM to secure your custom domain with HTTPS.
Website access loggingNot supported.
Cache-Control headersNot supported.

Special Features & Tools Help Guide

Feature Support Details
S3 Object Lambda (custom processing of S3 GET requests)Not supported.
S3 Transfer Acceleration (fast uploads and downloads)Not supported.
S3 Access Points (simplified, custom endpoints)Not supported.
Multi-part uploads for large objectsNot supported.
Batch Operations for large-scale object actions⚠️ partial supportSelect multiple objects and run bulk delete or copy operations.