---
title: "Cohesity SmartFiles (S3)"
slug: "cohesity-smartfiles-s3-4"
tags: ["8.2", "Portal"]
updated: 2025-04-28T14:40:42Z
published: 2025-04-28T14:40:42Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/cohesity-smartfiles-s3-4"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Cohesity SmartFiles (S3)

![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-BCPP01Z6.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A23%3A39Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A23%3A39Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=aFsu8kMp5r%2BBEmheNlkJhmh81t3LbOw2%2BsOrNH%2Bwtw8%3D) **Bucket Name** – A unique name for the Cohesity SmartFiles bucket that you want to add as a storage node. **Access Key ID** – The Cohesity SmartFiles access key ID. **Secret Access Key** – The Cohesity SmartFiles secret access key. **Endpoint** – The endpoint name of the Cohesity SmartFiles service. The port for the endpoint can be customized by adding the port after the URL, using a colon (:) separator. The default port is 80. **Use HTTPS** – Use HTTPS to connect with the storage node.

- **Trust all certificates** – Do not validate the certificate of the object storage. Normally this is unchecked.

**Direct Mode** – Data is uploaded and downloaded directly to and from the storage node and not via the portal. If direct mode is defined for the storage node, CTERA recommends setting the deduplication method to fixed blocks and keeping the default 4MB fixed block size. For details, see [Default Settings for New Folder Groups](/v1/docs/configuring-default-settings-for-virtual-portals-2#default-settings-for-new-folder-groups).

          **Note**

          

Once **Direct Mode** is set, the **Use HTTPS** option is also checked and cannot be unchecked.

**Use S3 Object Lock** – For future use.