Connect to S3 solution based on Scality Ring

Question

hello,

We have an internal S3 solution based on Scality Ring, and we would like to connect to it from Alteryx designer, however we keep having the below error message when passing all the necessary configs:

We are using the <AWS s3 Download tool> and passing:

*  endpoint;
* access key, 
* secret key,
* bucket name

We are passing the Scality URL ( https://scalitydatahp.hom.mycloud.xxxxxxxxxx) in the Amazon s3 URL field, in lack of better option.

Please help, how can we make this connection work? Does anyone have experience with the Scality Ring solution?

apathetichell · Answer

Hey --- No - I can't --- don't have an Atleryx license/my company doesn't use Alteryx.

You can open up the one tool examples in sample workflows  for run command just swap whatever's being run there with an aws s3 cli command

see https://help.alteryx.com/current/en/designer/tools/developer/run-command-tool.html

using key/secret for an S3 bucket in 2025 is totally out of date. Don't do it.

ZsofiaJakab · Answer

Yes, Scality is also using Boto, so on that end we are good. Could you please provide a dummy example of how we could replicate the connection with Run Command tool?

The preferred way would be via native connector, but a working example of Run Command would be great as well.

Thank you!

apathetichell · Answer

talk to your cloud team or whoever manages your Scality platform. See how they connect via AWS CLI. Replicate using run command tool.

Alteryx S3 tool is using Boto3. What does Scality use? Note --- this is a rhetorical question - I'm saying you shouldn't expect this to work if Scality doesn't connect via standard Boto3 S3 clients..