Mount S3 Bucket on Startup with Mountpoint for Amazon S3

mount-s3-on-startup-with-mountpoint-s3.md

Mount S3 Bucket on Startup with Mountpoint for Amazon S3

Tested on Amazon S3 with Amazon Linux 2023.

References

• Official Repo of mountpoint-s3
• systemd Service template
  • Fix

systemd Service template

[Unit]
Description=Mountpoint for Amazon S3 mount
After=cloud-init.target
AssertPathIsDirectory=<mountpath>

[Service]
Type=forking
User=<username>
Group=<groupname>
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mount-s3 <bucketname> <mountpath>
ExecStop=/usr/bin/fusermount -u <mountpath>

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Please fill in the following variables:

• <username>: Get by executing whoami
• <groupname>: Get by executing id -Gn $(whoami)
• <bucketname>: The name of your bucket
• <mountpath>: The path you gonna mount the bucket, remember to create the directory before enabling this service by executing mkdir <mount path>, such as mkdir ~/mnt

Usage

Be sure to install mouintpoint-s3. Then:

1. Create the systemd service and placed it into /etc/systemd/system/, e.g., /etc/systemd/system/mountpoint-s3.service
2. Start the service to verify if it works: systemctl start mountpoint-s3
3. If it works, make it start automaticlly on startup: systemctl enable mountpoint-s3

Also consider to modify the mount-s3 command in ExecStart part if any additional option should be appended to it (e.g., /usr/bin/mount-s3 <bucket name> <mount path> --allow-delete to allow delete action).

Enjoy!

mountpoint-s3.service

[Unit]
Description=Mountpoint for Amazon S3 mount
After=cloud-init.target
AssertPathIsDirectory=<mountpath>

[Service]
Type=forking
User=<username>
Group=<groupname>
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mount-s3 <bucketname> <mountpath>
ExecStop=/usr/bin/fusermount -u <mountpath>

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target