S3Drive

Sync local folders to a Zata bucket with S3Drive.

S3Drive is a desktop app that browses cloud storage and syncs local folders to it. It connects to Zata through an Rclone account. This page sets up the account and a folder sync on Windows.

Before you start

• A bucket — see Create a bucket.
• An access key from the same region as the bucket — see Access keys.
• S3Drive installed and signed in — download S3Drive.

Connection settings

S3Drive takes the connection as an rclone config in JSON form:

Setting	Value
type / provider	s3 / Other
endpoint	https://idr01.zata.ai for Indore, https://bom01.zata.ai for Mumbai
region	us-east-1
access_key_id / secret_access_key	from Access Keys in the Zata console — the key must be from the same region as the bucket
no_check_bucket	true — needed for sub-user keys
sign_accept_encoding	false — newer rclone versions get SignatureDoesNotMatch on Zata without it

Set up S3Drive

Open Manage account

In S3Drive, select the Manage account button at the top right of the Files screen.

Add an Rclone account

On Accounts, open the Rclone tab and select +.

Paste this config with your own keys, then add it. For Mumbai, use https://bom01.zata.ai as the endpoint.

Rclone config

"zata": {
    "type": "s3",
    "provider": "Other",
    "access_key_id": "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY",
    "secret_access_key": "YOUR_SECRET_KEY",
    "endpoint": "https://idr01.zata.ai",
    "region": "us-east-1",
    "no_check_bucket": "true",
    "sign_accept_encoding": "false"
},

Open the account

The new account appears on the Rclone tab. Select it to see your Zata buckets.

Add a sync

Open the menu, select Sync, then select +.

Configure the sync

In Configure sync:

Field	Value
From	Local → pick the folder to back up
To	Remote → choose your Zata account and bucket (shown as zata:my-bucket)
Mode	for example Copy
Sync every	how often to run, in minutes — 1440 is once a day

Select Save.

The sync now shows on the Sync screen with its source, destination, mode and schedule.

Test it

Put a small file in the local folder and wait for the sync to run. Open the bucket in the Zata console under Buckets and check that the file is there. Then open the bucket in S3Drive and download the file.

Troubleshooting

Problem	Fix
No buckets under the account	Check that the endpoint matches the region of your key. Sub-user keys never list buckets.
SignatureDoesNotMatch	Make sure "sign_accept_encoding": "false" is in the config. See Signature errors.
AccessDenied on upload with a sub-user key	Make sure "no_check_bucket": "true" is in the config.
Access denied or invalid key	Copy the keys again from Access Keys, without extra spaces.
Files do not reach the bucket	Check that To points to the right bucket and that the sync has run.