g-Eclipse - AWS Known Issues

• Unsetting the Proxy:

  When choosing a proxy server in the Eclipse preferences, the AWS component doesn't allow to unset it. This means, once the proxy is set it is always used for accessing AWS services until g-Eclipse is restarted.

• Simple Storage Service (S3) bucket naming:

  Bucket names in S3 live in a flat namespace and have to follow some rules. g-Eclipse currently doesn't check these rules when you ask to create a new bucket. This means:
  • Bucket names are global, you will not be able to name a bucket "test" if another S3-user already used that name! (even if you cannot see nor access his/her bucket). It is recommended that you prepend your bucket names with your Amazon ID or your name to avoid collisions.
  • When creating a bucket which is not located in the US but in Europe, then its name has to be DNS compatible: that means that the name must be longer than 3 and shorter than 256 characters, and must contain only lower-case letters, hyphens ("-") or full-stops (".").