How to enable external file storage?

[ericxsun]

I start wandb local, and with a valid license(single user) configured. But I cannot enable Use an external file storage backend.

Can anyone explain or help me? Thanks very much.

[sydholl]

Joana Marie commented: Request #53198 "[Local (Wandb Server)] How to en..." was closed and merged into this request. Last comment in request #53198:

I start wandb local, and with a valid license(single user) configured. But I cannot enable Use an external file storage backend.

Can anyone explain or help me? Thanks very much.

[JoanaMarieL]

Hello @ericxsun ,

To enable the 'Use an external file storage backend' feature, you need to navigate to the W&B settings page at http(s)://YOUR-W&B-SERVER-HOST/system-admin. Here, you can enable the option and provide the necessary information about your storage bucket, region, and notification subscription.

For Amazon S3, the format is as follows:

• File Storage Bucket: s3://
• File Storage Region (AWS only):
• Notification Subscription: sqs://

For Google Cloud Storage, the format is:

• File Storage Bucket: gs://
• File Storage Region: leave this blank
• Notification Subscription: pubsub:///

After providing the necessary information, select Update settings to apply the new settings.

You can also go through with our install guides here: for google: https://docs.wandb.ai/guides/hosting/how-to-guides/gcp-tf#configure-wb-server for aws: https://docs.wandb.ai/guides/hosting/how-to-guides/aws-tf#configure-wb-server

[ericxsun]

Thank you @JoanaMarieL . Actually, I'm on the page: http://host/ystem-admin, I can only enable/disable

• Use an external MySQL instance
• Use an external Redis instance

The Use an external file storage backend button is disabled, I cannot enable it by click.

[MBakirWB]

Hi @ericxsun, for personal users our free deployment license does not allow for Cloud Storage Buckets, and for a single deployment on your machine. These elevated features are only available for our enterprise level users. Let me know if you have any questions.

[ericxsun]

Okay, I got it. Thanks a lot. @MBakirWB