mc alias import

The mc alias import command imports an alias configuration from a JSON file or STDIN.

The command reads the configuration and adds it as a new alias or updates an existing one.

Syntax

Example

The following command imports an alias configuration from a file:

mc alias import play < play.json

You can also pipe a configuration from another command:

cat play.json | mc alias import play

Syntax

The mc alias import command has the following syntax:

mc [GLOBALFLAGS] alias import ALIAS < FILE

Brackets [] indicate optional parameters.
Parameters sharing a line are mutually dependent.
Parameters separated using the pipe | operator are mutually exclusive.

Copy the example to a text editor and modify as-needed before running the command in the terminal/shell.

Parameters

ALIAS

Required

The name of the alias to assign to the imported configuration.

PATH

Required

The full path to the JSON object representing the alias configuration to import.

Mutually exclusive with the STDIN parameter.

STDIN

Required

Directs the command to use the Standard Input (STDIN) as the source of the JSON object for import.

Mutually exclusive with the PATH parameter.

Global Flags

This command supports any of the global flags.

Behavior

JSON Format

The JSON object must have the following format:

{
   "url" : "https://hostname:port",
   "accessKey": "<STRING>",
   "secretKey": "<STRING>",
   "api": "s3v4",
   "path": "auto"
}

You can use the mc alias export command to export an existing alias from the local host configuration. Alternatively, you can manually extract the necessary JSON fields from the mc configuration file.

Examples

Import an Alias Using Standard Input

The following example imports a custom alias for the play.min.io sandbox. You can modify this example to use user credentials you have already created or validated as existing on the sandbox:

echo '
{
 "url": "https://play.min.io",
 "accessKey": "minioadmin",
 "secretKey": "minioadmin",
 "api": "s3v4",
 "path": "auto"
}' | mc alias import play-minioadmin

S3 Compatibility

The mc commandline tool is built for compatibility with the AWS S3 API and is tested with AIStor and AWS S3 for expected functionality and behavior.

AIStor provides no guarantees for other S3-compatible services, as their S3 API implementation is unknown and therefore unsupported.

While mc commands may work as documented, any such usage is at your own risk.