Connection Methods
How to connect to your provisioned buckets. Data Hub buckets can be accessed in any of the four ways below. The recommended method depends on your use case (upload/download, accessing training data, whether you need a GUI).
Connection Method by Use Case
- Upload/download from the web with no setup: web (browser) access
- Mount a bucket inside an On-Demand instance: On-Demand connection
- GUI-based upload/download and file management from a local PC: Cyberduck (third-party S3 tool)
- Bulk/many-file transfers, parallel uploads, script-based automation: rclone
⚠️ For large data uploads, we recommend uploading directly from your local machine to the bucket with an S3 tool (rclone/Cyberduck) rather than copying through the Data Hub mount path inside an instance (local → instance → bucket).
Before You Connect (When Using S3 Tools)
When connecting with a third-party S3 tool like Cyberduck or rclone, you'll need external connections enabled on the bucket and S3 credentials (Access Key / Secret Key).