PD AWS S3 lets you offer Amazon S3 buckets through Blesta, using AWS. It suits object storage on Amazon S3, with the resource linked to the customer’s service.

Before you start

Install PD Modules for Blesta first, connect the account that holds your licence, then install PD AWS S3 from its Store. Allow the staff group that needs to use it.

You also need an AWS account and credentials able to manage the required buckets and scoped customer access. Check the provider account’s permissions, available locations and capacity before enabling automatic provisioning.

Connect the account

In Settings → Company → Modules, find the installed module, choose Manage and add its account connection. Blesta calls this a module row. Keep this provider connection separate from the package settings.

Define what the customer receives

Create a package using PD AWS S3 and review its Module Options and configurable options. Start with Default Region, Default quota and Default max buckets. Together these describe the resource requested when a service is provisioned; they are not just labels on the order form.

S3 is object storage, not a mounted server disk. Customers use bucket endpoints and access credentials with a compatible client.

Choose which client controls the package exposes. If you offer configurable options, check that their values match the module’s supported choices and that the defaults describe the service you intend to sell.

Put the service into use

Add the package group to the intended order form when it is ready. Blesta creates the service before provisioning completes; check the service state and ensure the normal cron is running for subsequent updates.

Check the first service

Review the bucket or container, endpoint, access details and recorded usage. Use an authorised small test file to check the customer connection before offering the service more widely.

Creating a real service creates provider resources and can incur provider charges. Review the configuration first; use your normal controlled test process for the first provisioning rather than making an order solely to browse the settings.

Explore the module

See the PD AWS S3 for Blesta module page for the current product details.

AWS S3 task guides

• Connect an AWS account to PD AWS S3 in Blesta
• Create an AWS S3 storage package in Blesta
• Configure AWS S3 storage quota and checkout options in Blesta
• Choose the AWS S3 bucket region for new services in Blesta
• Connect a backup tool to AWS S3 storage from Blesta
• Rotate a customer’s AWS S3 storage keys in Blesta
• Create an additional AWS S3 bucket from Blesta
• Delete an empty additional AWS S3 bucket from Blesta
• Enable or suspend AWS S3 object versioning from Blesta
• Configure AWS S3 automatic cleanup rules from Blesta
• Configure AWS S3 CORS for browser uploads from Blesta
• Create a temporary AWS S3 download link from Blesta
• Create a temporary AWS S3 upload link from Blesta
• Check and refresh AWS S3 storage usage in Blesta
• Understand AWS S3 soft quotas and upload pauses in Blesta
• Suspend and restore AWS S3 service access in Blesta
• Configure AWS S3 termination retention and purge approval in Blesta
• Recover retained AWS S3 storage after cancellation in Blesta
• Approve or hold permanent AWS S3 storage deletion in Blesta
• Check AWS S3 bucket and service drift in Blesta
• Troubleshoot AWS S3 storage provisioning in Blesta