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Saving to Wasabi

Introduction

This tutorial is tailored to guide you through saving files to Wasabi, an S3-compatible cloud storage service.

Upon completing this tutorial, you will be able to to configure a destination object for saving files to Wasabi, as well as specify the correct URL structure and credentials.

Supported Destinations

Protocol	Description
s3://	Wasabi Storage URL

Setting Up Wasabi Storage and Finding Credentials

1
Creating a Bucket in Wasabi

Sign in to the Wasabi cloud storage console.
Navigate to the "Buckets" section and create a new bucket.
Choose a name for your bucket and select the appropriate region.

2
Finding Your Wasabi Credentials

In the Wasabi console, go to your account settings.
Access the 'Access Keys' section to find or create your Wasabi access key (storage account name) and secret key (storage account key).
See How do I use Qencode with Wasabi? for more details.

3
Saving Output to Wasabi

In order to save your outputs to your Wasabi Storage, define your destination object using the following structure.

Destination Object Structure

"destination": {
  "url": "s3://s3.[region].wasabisys.com/bucket/path",
  "key": "storage_account_name",
  "secret": "storage_account_key",
  "permissions": "permissions"
}

Attributes of Wasabi Destination Object

Attribute	Description
key	Your Wasabi storage account name.
secret	Your Wasabi storage account key.
permissions	Specifies object access permissions. The default value is ‘private’ meaning the object is not publicly accessible with its URL. In case you want your objects to be accessed publicly, specify ‘public-read’ as a value for permissions.

URL Structure for Wasabi

The Wasabi url consists of a region, bucket and path. Check the examples for single file and ABR formats like HLS and DASH below:

s3://s3.<region>.wasabisys.com/bucket/path

When saving ABR outputs like HLS or DASH, please specify the path to a folder where the contents of the HLS or DASH stream should be located:

s3://s3.<region>.wasabisys.com/bucket/folder

Components of URL

region	The Wasabi region your bucket is located in.
bucket	Your Wasabi bucket name.
path	Path within your bucket where the file will be saved.

Destination Object Example

"destination": {
  "url": "s3://s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com/my-bucket/folder/output.mp4",
  "key": "myWasabiAccountName",
  "secret": "myWasabiAccountKey",
  "permissions": "public-read"
}