Hoss Server Documentation

The Hoss is a collection of web services and applications that manage S3 API compatible object stores (e.g. AWS S3, minIO), with a focus on data science application running on hybrid cloud architectures. It is designed to be simple to deploy and use, with a minimal infrastructure footprint. A Hoss server:

• Provides minimal abstractions to organize data

• Automates IAM policy management

• Integrates with external authentication providers

• Automates data synchronization between buckets and sites

• Provides metadata search

• Provides familiar programming interfaces via the hoss-client library

• Provides a web-based UI and API + Python library to meet a broad range of skill-levels

The documentation that follows provide details and instructions on how to install, configure, update, backup, and maintain a Hoss server installation.