A S3QL file system is created with the mkfs.s3ql command. It has the following syntax:
mkfs.s3ql [options] <storage url>
This command accepts the following options:
--cachedir <path> Store cached data in this directory (default: ~/.s3ql) --authfile <path> Read authentication credentials from this file (default: ~/.s3ql/authinfo2) --debug-modules <modules> Activate debugging output from specified modules (use commas to separate multiple modules). --debug Activate debugging output from all S3QL modules. --quiet be really quiet --no-ssl Do not use secure (ssl) connections when connecting to remote servers. --ssl-ca-path path File or directory or containing the trusted CA certificates. If not specified, the defaults compiled into the system’s OpenSSL library are used. --version just print program version and exit -L <name> Filesystem label --max-obj-size <size> Maximum size of storage objects in KiB. Files bigger than this will be spread over multiple objects in the storage backend. Default: 10240 KiB. --plain Create unencrypted file system. --force Overwrite any existing data.
Unless you have specified the --plain option, mkfs.s3ql will ask you to enter an encryption password. This password will not be read from an authentication file specified with the --authfile option to prevent accidental creation of an encrypted file system.