ossbrowser is a graphical management tool from Alibaba Cloud that helps you quickly manage buckets and files. You can use it to create and delete buckets, and upload, download, preview, copy, move, and share files.
Prerequisites
You have installed ossbrowser 1.0 and logged on to ossbrowser 1.0.
Scenarios
Upload and download large files that are larger than 5 GB.
By default, ossbrowser uses multipart upload and resumable upload for file uploads. The maximum file size is 48.8 TB. During the upload, ossbrowser automatically splits the file into parts and merges them into a single file after the upload is complete.
Access a directory in a bucket using an authorization code.
ossbrowser supports logging on with a temporary authorization code. You can provide the temporary authorization code to specific users to grant them temporary access to a directory in a bucket. The code automatically becomes invalid after it expires.
The operations in this topic are based on the list view. You can also click the 
icon to switch to the tiled view.
Manage buckets
The bucket-level operations in ossbrowser are similar to those in the OSS console. Follow the on-screen instructions in ossbrowser to manage buckets.
To perform bucket-related operations, you must have the required permissions. For more information, see Permission Management.
Operation | Description |
Create a bucket | A bucket is a container that you use to store objects. Before you upload any file to OSS, you must first create a bucket. For more information about how to configure the bucket name, region, ACL permissions, and storage class when you create a bucket, see Create buckets. |
List buckets | After you log on to ossbrowser, buckets are automatically listed. |
Delete a bucket | If you no longer need a bucket, delete it to avoid extra charges. For information about the precautions for deleting a bucket, see Delete buckets. |
Get the region information of a bucket | Click the bucket name and view the region information (region ID) in the upper-right corner of the interface. For example, oss-cn-hangzhou indicates China (Hangzhou). For more information about the mappings between region IDs and region names, see Regions and endpoints. |
Manage objects
The object-level operations in ossbrowser are similar to those in the OSS console. Before you manage objects, click a bucket name to go to the file list page. You can then manage objects by following the on-screen instructions.
To perform object-related operations, you must have the required permissions. For more information, see Permission Management.
For information about the precautions for each object operation, see the corresponding topic in the console user guide.
Operation | Description |
Upload a file | By default, ossbrowser uses multipart upload and resumable upload to upload files. The maximum file size is 48.8 TB. If a file upload is unexpectedly interrupted and not completed, the uploaded portion is stored as parts in the OSS bucket. If you no longer need these parts, delete them to avoid extra storage fees.
Important If an uploaded file has the same name as an existing file in the bucket, the existing file is overwritten. |
Upload a folder | Click the |
Download a file | Select the file, and then click Download in the Actions column. Note You can also select multiple files and then click Download at the top of the page to download them in a batch. |
Download a folder | Select the folder, and then click the |
List files | After you click a bucket name, the object information is listed directly. |
Preview a file | Click the file name to preview it. |
Copy a file | In the source bucket, select the file and click Copy. Then, in the destination bucket, click Paste. Important
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Move a file | Choose More > Move. Important The size of the object that you want to move or copy cannot exceed 5 GB. If you want to move or copy an object larger than 5 GB, we recommend that you use ossutil. |
Rename a file | Choose More > Rename. Important A rename operation is performed by copying the source file with a new name and then deleting the original source file. Note the following:
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Search for files | Enter a file prefix in the search box at the top of the page to view files and folders in the root directory of the bucket that match the prefix. |
Restore a file | Choose More > Restore. |
Delete a file | Click Delete in the Actions column of the file to delete it. |
Set a symbolic link |
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Manage file metadata |
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Share a file | After a file is uploaded to a bucket, you can share its URL with third parties for download or preview. To generate a shareable URL, click Get Address in the Actions column for the target file. |
Set ACL |
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icon at the top of the page to upload a folder.
icon at the top of the page to download it.