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Scheduling and Configuring Bucket commander operations

Bucket commander is a command line tool for Amazon S3, it runs as per configuration set in config file and can also be scheduled for automation of task.

Scheduling : The Task Scheduler enables user to automatically perform routine tasks on a chosen schedule. The Task Scheduler does this by monitoring whatever criteria user choose to initiate the tasks (daily, weekly etc and time also) and then execute the task when the criteria is met. With Scheduled Tasks, user can schedule any script, program, or document to run at a time that she specify when create the task.

Why need Scheduling of Bucket Commander : - Scheduling feature provides facility to take automatic backup. For example if you wants to upload her IIS logs to Amazon S3, daily on a particular time then she can schedule this task through bucket commander. You can also use Bucket commander to take backups of one bucket's files in another bucket on schedule.

Bucket Commander needs a configuration file, which can be created using Bucket Explorer's UI.

Command line version of Bucket Explorer-Bucket Commander

To create a commander config file

  1. Start Bucket Explorer
  2. Open Tools menu.
  3. Select Advanced option.
  4. Click on Edit Commander Config File option.
  5. On top left of Edit commander config window, there are three tabs.
    • uploads
    • Downloads
    • Copy
  6. On bottom right corner, there is an "add" button to add new configuration.
How to add file(s) and folder(s) for Uploading?
  1. Click on Add button, it opens a new box of Upload operation.
  2. In Upload box, you have to give bucket name, and virtual folder.
  3. Set overwrites checked or unchecked as per your requirement.
  4. Click on "Add Files" to add file that is to be uploaded in upload operation.
  5. Clicking on "Add files" takes user to a drive box, select file from the drive box and click "Open".
  6. Click on "Remove File" to remove selected file from list.
    Note : You can remove file only when there is at least one file exists in that list.
  7. Click on "OK".
  8. You will be taken to the previous window again and you can see your files in rows.
How to add file(s) and folder(s) for Downloading?
  1. Click on Add button. It opens a new box of Download.
  2. In Download operation box, give bucket name and destination path.
  3. Set overwrites checked or unchecked as per your requirement.
  4. Click on "Add Object" to add object that is to be downloaded in Download operation.
  5. Click on "Add object". You will be asked to Enter File path and type, give it and click "Ok".
  6. Click on "Remove Object" button to remove any selected Object from list.
    Note : You can remove Object only when it exists in list.
  7. Click on "OK".
  8. You will be taken to the previous window again and you can see your object in row.
How to add bucket for Copying?
  1. Click on Add button, It opens a new box of "Copy Bucket".
  2. In Copy Bucket box select Source Bucket (From where you want to copy files) and Destination Bucket (Where you want to copy files) from Drop down list.
  3. Click "Ok".
  4. You will be taken to the previous window again and you can see your files in rows.

Clicking on "Save" button saves all the commands and command file will execute all the operation in background, you can see the commands by running Bucket commander.

Same as Add new operation user can Edit also.

NOTE : When perform copy/ upload operation, make sure that the destination Bucket must not be system Bucket, because these operations can not be performed on system Bucket.