## Storing the LFS objects in an S3-compatible object storage
> **Note:** [Introduced][ee-2760] in [GitLab Premium][eep] 10.0.
> Available in [GitLab CE][ce] 10.7
> [Introduced][ee-2760] in [GitLab Premium][eep] 10.0. Brought to GitLab Core
in 10.7.
It is possible to store LFS objects on remote object storage instead of on a local disk.
It is possible to store LFS objects on a remote object storage which allows you
to offload storage to an external AWS S3 compatible service, freeing up disk
space locally. You can also host your own S3 compatible storage decoupled from
GitLab, with with a service such as [Minio](https://www.minio.io/).
This allows you to offload storage to an external AWS S3 compatible service, freeing up disk space locally. You can also host your own S3 compatible storage decoupled from GitLab, with with a service such as [Minio](https://www.minio.io/).
Object storage currently transfers files first to GitLab, and then on the
object storage in a second stage. This can be done either by using a rake task
to transfer existing objects, or in a background job after each file is received.
Object storage currently transfers files first to GitLab, and then on the object storage in a second stage. This can be done either by using a rake task to transfer existing objects, or in a background job after each file is received.
### Object Storage Settings
For source installations the following settings are nested under `lfs:` and then `object_store:`. On omnibus installs they are prefixed by `lfs_object_store_`.
| `remote_directory` | The bucket name where LFS objects will be stored| |
| `direct_upload` | Set to true to enable direct upload of LFS without the need of local shared storage. Option may be removed once we decide to support only single storage for all files. | `false` |
| `background_upload` | Set to false to disable automatic upload. Option may be removed once upload is direct to S3 | `true` |
| `proxy_download` | Set to true to enable proxying all files served. Option allows to reduce egress traffic as this allows clients to download directly from remote storage instead of proxying all data | `false` |
| `connection` | Various connection options described below | |
#### S3 compatible connection settings
The connection settings match those provided by [Fog](https://github.com/fog), and are as follows:
The `connection` settings match those provided by [Fog](https://github.com/fog).
| Setting | Description | Default |
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| `endpoint` | Can be used when configuring an S3 compatible service such as [Minio](https://www.minio.io), by entering a URL such as `http://127.0.0.1:9000` | (optional) |
| `path_style` | Set to true to use `host/bucket_name/object` style paths instead of `bucket_name.host/object`. Leave as false for AWS S3 | false |
### S3 for Omnibus installations
On Omnibus installations, the settings are prefixed by `lfs_object_store_`:
1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the following lines by replacing with