Amazon S3 Object Tagging

Object Tagging Overview

Amazon S3 object tags are key-value pairs that you can add, update, or delete throughout an object's lifetime. Each object can have up to 10 tags, and tag keys must be unique within the object's tag set.

Use object tags to categorize objects, control access through IAM policies, filter S3 Lifecycle rules, and customize storage metrics.

With CS Browser you can view and manage object tags from a simple user interface.

How to View and Edit Amazon S3 Object Tags

To View and Edit Object Tags

1. Start CS Browser and navigate to the file whose tags you want to view or edit.

2. Click Files -> Edit Object Tags.

   

3. The Tags tab will open.

   

   Here you can view, add, edit, and delete object tags.

To Edit an Existing Object Tag

1. Select the tag you want to edit and click Edit.

   

   The Edit Object Tag dialog will open.

   

2. Edit the tag and click Save changes.

3. Click Apply changes on the Tags tab.

   

To Delete One or More Object Tags

1. Select one or more object tags that you want to delete and click Delete.

   

2. Click Apply changes.

   

To Add a New Object Tag

1. Click Add on the Tags tab.

   

   The Add New Object Tag dialog will open.

   

2. Specify the tag key and value, then click Add new tag.

3. Click Apply changes on the Tags tab.

   

Apply Tags Automatically During Uploads

The Default Object Tags feature automatically applies tags when CS Browser uploads files.

Each rule specifies a bucket name or mask, a file name or mask, and a tag key and value.

When CS Browser uploads a file, it applies every enabled rule whose bucket and file masks match. Amazon S3 accepts no more than 10 tags per object and requires unique tag keys, so configure overlapping rules to keep the combined tag set within these limits.

The rules are stored locally in the CS Browser settings folder. If you define rules on one computer and then upload a file from another computer, those rules are not applied. To transfer the rules to another computer, copy the bucket.rules file from the %APPDATA%\S3Browser folder.

To Configure Default Object Tags

1. Click Tools -> Default Object Tags...

   

   The Default Object Tags dialog will open.

   

To Add a Default Object Tag

1. Click Add. The Add New Default Object Tag dialog will open.

   

2. Specify the bucket name or mask, file name or mask, tag key, and tag value. Select Enabled to activate the rule.

3. Click Add new tag.

4. Click Save changes to close Default Object Tags dialog and save changes.

To Edit an Existing Default Object Tag

1. Select the tag you want to edit and click Edit.

   

   The Edit Default Object Tag dialog will open.

   

2. Edit the rule properties and click Save changes.

3. Click Save changes in the Default Object Tags dialog.

   

To Delete One or More Default Object Tags

1. Select one or more default object tag rules and click Delete.

   

2. Click Save changes to close Default Object Tags dialog and save changes.

Additional Default Object Tags Features

The context menu and keyboard shortcuts provide the operations described above, plus additional selection and Copy/Paste commands.