Cloud Object Storage URI Formats

This article describes the format of the source file URIs in operations with DBMS_CLOUD. The format depends on the object storage service you are using. DBMS_CLOUD guarantees secure communication and any URI that you specify must use HTTPS, with https:// as the prefix for the URI.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Native URI Format

Note:

Autonomous Database supports only standard-tier storage buckets. It does not support archive-tier storage buckets.

If your source files reside on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage you can use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure native URIs, with the format:

https://objectstorage.region.oraclecloud.com/n/namespace-string/b/bucket/o/filename

For example, the Native URI for the file channels.txt in the bucketname bucket in the Phoenix data center is:

https://objectstorage.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/n/namespace-string/b/bucketname/o/channels.txt

In this example, namespace-string is the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure object storage namespace and bucketname is the bucket name. See Understanding Object Storage Namespaces for more information.

You can find the URI from the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage "Object Details" in the right hand side ellipsis menu in the Object Store:

1. Open the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console by clicking the next to Oracle Cloud.
2. From the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure left navigation menu click Core Infrastructure. Under Object Storage, click Object Storage.
3. Under List Scope, select a Compartment.
4. From the Name column, select a bucket.
5. In the Objects area, click View Object Details.
   
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6. On the Object Details page, the URL Path (URI) field shows the URI to access the object.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage Swift URI Format

If your source files reside on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage you can use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Swift URIs with the format:

https://swiftobjectstorage.region.oraclecloud.com/v1/namespace-string/bucket/filename

For example, the Swift URI for the file channels.txt in the bucketname bucket in the Phoenix data center is:

https://swiftobjectstorage.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/v1/namespace-string/bucketname/channels.txt

In this example, namespace-string is the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure object storage namespace and bucketname is the bucket name. See Understanding Object Storage Namespaces for more information.

Note:

The source files need to be stored in an Object Storage tier bucket. Autonomous Database does not support buckets in the Archive Storage tier. See Overview of Object Storage for more information.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage URI Format Using Pre-Authenticated Request URL

If your source files reside on the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage you can use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure pre-authenticated URIs. When you create a pre-authenticated request, a unique URL is generated. You can then provide the unique URL to users in your organization, partners, or third parties to access the Object Storage resource target identified in the pre-authenticated request.

Note:

Carefully assess the business requirement for and the security ramifications of pre‑authenticated access. When you create the pre-authenticated request URL, note the Expiration and the Access Type to make sure they are appropriate for your use.

A pre-authenticated request URL gives anyone who has the URL access to the targets identified in the request for as long as the request is active. In addition to considering the operational needs of pre-authenticated access, it is equally important to manage its distribution.

The format for pre-authenticated request URLs is:

https://objectstorage.region.oraclecloud.com/p/encrypted_string/n/namespace-string/b/bucket/o/filename

For example, a sample pre-authenticated URI for the file channels.txt in the bucketname bucket in the Phoenix data center is:

https://objectstorage.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/p/2xN-uDtWJNsiD910UCYGue/n/namespace-string/b/bucketname/o/channels.txt

In this example, namespace-string is the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure object storage namespace and bucketname is the bucket name. See Understanding Object Storage Namespaces for more information.

You can use a pre-authenticated URL in any DBMS_CLOUD procedure that takes a URL to access files in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure object store, without the need to create a credential. You need to either specify the credential_name parameter as NULL or not supply a credential_name parameter.

For example:

BEGIN
  DBMS_CLOUD.COPY_DATA(
     table_name =>'CHANNELS',
     file_uri_list =>'https://objectstorage.us-phoenix-1.oraclecloud.com/p/unique-pre-authenticated-string/n/namespace-string/b/bucketname/o/channels.txt',
     format => json_object('delimiter' value ',') );
END;
/

Note:

A list of mixed URLs is valid. If the URL list contains both pre-authenticated URLs and URLs that require authentication, DBMS_CLOUD uses the specified credential_name to access the URLs that require authentication and for the pre-authenticated URLs the specified credential_name is ignored.

See Using Pre-Authenticated Requests for more information.

Amazon S3 URI Format

If your source files reside in Amazon S3, see the following for a description of the URI format for accessing your files: Accessing a bucket.

For example the following refers to the file channels.txt in the atpc bucket in the us-west-2 region.

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/atpc/channels.txt 

You can use a presigned URL in any DBMS_CLOUD procedure that takes a URL to access files in Amazon S3 object store, without the need to create a credential. To use a presigned URL in any DBMS_CLOUD procedure, either specify the credential_name parameter as NULL, or do not supply a credential_name parameter.

See Share an Object with Others for more information.

Note:

DBMS_CLOUD supports the standard Amazon S3 endpoint syntax to access your buckets. DBMS_CLOUD does not support Amazon S3 legacy endpoints. See Legacy Endpoints for more information.

Azure Blob Storage URI Format

If your source files reside in Azure Blob Storage, see the following for a description of the URI format for accessing your files: Resource URI Syntax.

For example the following refers to the file channels.txt in the atpc container in the storage account atpc_user:

https://atpc_user.blob.core.windows.net/atpc/channels.txt

Note:

You can use Shared Access Signatures (SAS) URL in any DBMS_CLOUD procedure that takes a URL to access files in Azure Blob Storage, without the need to create a credential. To use a Shared Access Signature (SAS) URL, either specify the credential_name parameter as NULL, or do not supply a credential_name parameter.

See Grant Limited Access to Azure Storage Resources Using Shared Access Signatures (SAS) for more information.

Google Cloud Storage S3 Compatible URI Format

DBMS_CLOUD supports object storage service implementations for Google Cloud Storage with Amazon S3 compatible URLs.

Note:

To use DBMS_CLOUD with an Amazon S3 compatible object store you need to provide valid credentials. See for more information.

If your source files reside on a service that supports Amazon S3 compatible URIs, use the following URI format to access your files:

Object URL Format:

https://bucketname.storage.googleapis.com/object_name

Bucket URL Format:

https://bucketname.storage.googleapis.com/

See Migrating from Amazon S3 to Cloud Storage and Request Endpoints for more information.

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