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Remote File Systems

With the Remote File Systems plugin you can connect to remote storages and manage data on them right from your IDE.

Install the Remote File Systems plugin

This functionality relies on the Remote File Systems plugin, which you need to install and enable.

  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and then select Plugins.

  2. Open the Marketplace tab, find the Remote File Systems plugin, and click Install (restart the IDE if prompted).

The plugin provides support for the following remote file systems:

Once the plugin is installed, the Big Data Tools window appears in the rightmost group of the tool windows. You can also access it using View | Tool Windows | Big Data Tools.

Big Data Tools tool window

For the basic operations with the remote file systems, use the tool window toolbar:

Item

Description

Add connection

Add a new connection to a server

Delete connection

Delete the selected connection

Refresh Connection

Refresh the selected connection

Connection settings

Open the connection settings

Search in notebooks

Navigate to a file in a storage

Open in Editor

Open the selected storage, bucket, or folder in a separate tab of your editor

Last modified: 11 February 2024