sealos-s3

name	sealos-s3
description	Provision, connect, and operate Sealos object storage through the sealos-cli s3 commands added in zjy365/sealos-cli#28. Use when the user needs S3-compatible storage for uploads, assets, backups, presigned URLs, bucket policy management, access credentials, quota checks, or wants to replace local MinIO/S3-compatible services with Sealos object storage in local development, Devbox, or app setup.

Sealos S3

Use this skill to give a project real Sealos object storage through sealos-cli s3. The default outcome is: identify the app's object-storage need, create or reuse a bucket, initialize credentials only when needed, wire the smallest safe set of local env vars, and verify the project's upload/download or presigned URL path.

This skill is grounded in zjy365/sealos-cli#28, which registered the s3 command and implemented bucket CRD operations plus S3-compatible object operations.

Safety Rules

1. Never print secret keys, full S3 credential blocks, or copied env values in the final answer.
2. Do not overwrite an existing env value without confirming or preserving the old value.
3. Do not commit .env, .env.local, S3 access keys, secret keys, kubeconfig, or Sealos auth files.
4. Ask before making a bucket public. Default bucket policy is private.
5. Ask before destructive operations: s3 delete-bucket, s3 delete, credential rotation for an active app, or replacing app storage configuration.
6. Use JSON output from sealos-cli by default and parse it instead of scraping table output.
7. Treat s3 secret output as sensitive even though the CLI can print it.

Workflow

1. Resolve the target project

Confirm the working directory with pwd or git rev-parse --show-toplevel.

Run the analyzer when a project directory is available:

node <SKILL_DIR>/scripts/analyze-project-s3.mjs <project-dir>

Use the analyzer result as a starting point, then inspect the real files it cites before editing anything. It intentionally avoids printing secret values.

2. Check sealos-cli

Prefer an existing sealos-cli binary:

sealos-cli --version
sealos-cli s3 --help
sealos-cli whoami

If it is not installed, use npx -y sealos-cli@latest ... for one-off commands. Ask before installing it globally.

If auth is missing or expired, run:

sealos-cli login <region>
sealos-cli workspace list
sealos-cli workspace current

Use the workspace the user expects. If multiple workspaces exist and the target is ambiguous, ask before provisioning. sealos-cli s3 derives the object-storage user from the active kubeconfig namespace, so a wrong workspace means wrong buckets and credentials.

3. Choose create or reuse

List existing buckets first:

sealos-cli s3 buckets -o json

Reuse an existing bucket when its purpose and policy match. Create a new one when the project has no suitable bucket or the user asks for a fresh bucket:

sealos-cli s3 create-bucket <bucket-name> --policy private -o json

Use private unless the user explicitly needs public reads or writes. Bucket policies accepted by the PR are private, publicRead, and publicReadwrite; aliases such as public-read normalize to publicRead, but use canonical values in instructions and scripts.

4. Initialize credentials only when needed

For app env wiring or object operations, fetch credentials:

sealos-cli s3 secret -o json

The command creates the ObjectStorageUser if it does not exist, then waits briefly for status. If credentials are not ready, retry after a few seconds instead of creating raw CRDs by hand.

Use references/sealos-cli-s3.md for the current command contract and response handling.

5. Wire the development environment

Map only the keys the project already uses. Common targets:

Project signal	Preferred env keys
AWS SDK / S3 generic	S3_ENDPOINT, S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID, S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, S3_BUCKET
AWS-style config	AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY, AWS_REGION, S3_BUCKET
MinIO replacement	existing MINIO_* keys or migrate to existing S3 keys only if the app supports them
Upload libraries	the keys read by the adapter/config file

Use endpoint from secret.external for local laptop development. Use secret.internal only when the app runs inside Sealos/Devbox and the runtime can reach the internal endpoint.

Read references/env-integration.md before editing env files.

6. Verify application storage behavior

Run the smallest real project path that proves object storage works:

1. Run a repo script or test that uploads and reads an object if available.
2. Otherwise upload a small local test file with sealos-cli s3 upload, list it, download it to a temp path, and delete the test object.
3. For presigned URL features, run sealos-cli s3 presign <bucket> <key> --expires 3600 -o json and verify the URL only when that is part of the requested workflow.

Use --endpoint, --access-key, and --secret-key together only when connecting to a non-Sealos S3-compatible endpoint. Do not mix partial overrides.

7. Report the result

Summarize:

1. Bucket name, policy, region/workspace, and readiness.
2. Env file and keys updated, without revealing secret values.
3. Verification command and outcome.
4. Any public policy, credential rotation, or cleanup follow-up.

Common Tasks

Connect an existing project to Sealos object storage

1. Run the analyzer.
2. Inspect the env/config files it cites.
3. List existing buckets.
4. Create or reuse the matching bucket.
5. Fetch credentials with s3 secret.
6. Write only the env keys the app reads.
7. Verify the app's storage path.

Replace local MinIO for development

1. Identify the app service env vars that point at MinIO or an S3-compatible service.
2. Create or reuse a private Sealos bucket.
3. Update only the app's local env file, not the compose file, unless the user asks to remove MinIO.
4. Keep local Compose rollback simple: the original MinIO service remains available.

Upload or share project assets

1. Confirm the target bucket and object key prefix.
2. Upload with sealos-cli s3 upload <bucket> <file> --key <key> -o json.
3. Use presign for temporary sharing instead of public bucket policy when possible.
4. Delete temporary test objects after verification.

References

• scripts/analyze-project-s3.mjs - read-only project object-storage intent analyzer.
• references/sealos-cli-s3.md - PR #28 sealos-cli s3 command contract.
• references/env-integration.md - safe env-file editing and S3 env-key mapping.