# cannot mount s3fs **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [March 29, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/cannot-mount-s3fs/36930 "2012-03-29T23:09:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![e\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@e\_s](https://community.wowza.com/u/e_s)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/cannot-mount-s3fs/36930/1 "2012-03-29T23:09:14Z")
…every time I get the same error: s3fs: bucket “[bucketname.s3.amazonaws.com](http://bucketname.s3.amazonaws.com)” is not part of the service specified by the credentials I’ve checked my creds a million times, flipped them in /etc/passwd-s3fs, but nothing is working. What am I doing wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 11:25am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/cannot-mount-s3fs/36930/2 "2012-03-30T11:25:58Z")
Sounds like you have not signed up for S3 with that account. You have to sign up for each AWS service separately. Once you have an AWS account that is just a couple of clicks. Richard ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_Littin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d26b3c/32.png) [@Roger\_Littin](https://community.wowza.com/u/Roger_Littin)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/cannot-mount-s3fs/36930/3 "2012-03-31T17:22:39Z")
Hi, You don’t normally have to provide a url with s3fs. There are a few different variants available but most of them use the following command line format. > /usr/bin/s3fs mybucket /mnt ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/cannot-mount-s3fs/36930/4 "2012-04-01T16:01:07Z")
Have you tried following this guide?: [https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-the-fuse-based-file-system-backed-by-amazon-s3](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-the-fuse-based-file-system-backed-by-amazon-s3) Richard ---
**Author:** ![e\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@e\_s](https://community.wowza.com/u/e_s)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 10:26am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/cannot-mount-s3fs/36930/5 "2012-03-30T10:26:56Z")
no, s3 is definitely one of the services on my aws account…in fact it is the default service and every aws account starts with s3. i still am unable to attach my (long-established) s3 bucket to my running 3.0.5 wowza instance. how do i check if i’ve specified the bucket name properly? ---
**Author:** ![e\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@e\_s](https://community.wowza.com/u/e_s)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/cannot-mount-s3fs/36930/6 "2012-03-30T15:39:31Z")
In other words, how do i make sure i have a well formed url for my bucket? I’m assuming: [Mybucket.s3.amazonaws.com](http://Mybucket.s3.amazonaws.com) ---
**Author:** ![e\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@e\_s](https://community.wowza.com/u/e_s)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/cannot-mount-s3fs/36930/7 "2012-04-01T07:08:48Z")
yes, this is what I’m doing: # /usr/local/bin/s3fs [bucketname.s3.amazonaws.com](http://bucketname.s3.amazonaws.com) -o default\_acl=public-read /mnt/s3 s3fs: bucket “[bucketname.s3.amazonaws.com](http://bucketname.s3.amazonaws.com)” is not part of the service specified by the credentials As I say, I’ve manipulated my /etc/passwd-s3fs file until the cows come home…but it’s still not working. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![e\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@e\_s](https://community.wowza.com/u/e_s)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 8:23am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/cannot-mount-s3fs/36930/8 "2012-04-01T08:23:44Z")
i have, and now i’ve solved the issue that was vexing me…i merely needed the bucket name on the command line, sans the rest of the name. in other words, bucketname …rather than: [bucketname.s3.amazonaws.com](http://bucketname.s3.amazonaws.com) thank you for listening to my stupidity. it is saint stupids day after all