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# Install s3proxy
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Constellation includes a transparent client-side encryption proxy for [AWS S3](https://aws.amazon.com/de/s3/) and compatible stores.
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s3proxy encrypts objects before sending them to S3 and automatically decrypts them on retrieval, without requiring changes to your application.
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With s3proxy, you can use S3 for storage in a confidential way without having to trust the storage provider.
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## Limitations
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Currently, s3proxy has the following limitations:
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- Only `PutObject` and `GetObject` requests are encrypted/decrypted by s3proxy.
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By default, s3proxy will block requests that may expose unencrypted data to S3 (e.g. UploadPart).
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The `allow-multipart` flag disables request blocking for evaluation purposes.
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- Using the [Range](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/API_GetObject.html#API_GetObject_RequestSyntax) header on `GetObject` is currently not supported and will result in an error.
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These limitations will be removed with future iterations of s3proxy.
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If you want to use s3proxy but these limitations stop you from doing so, consider [opening an issue](https://github.com/edgelesssys/constellation/issues/new?assignees=&labels=&projects=&template=feature_request.yml).
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## Deployment
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You can add the s3proxy to your Constellation cluster as follows:
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1. Add the Edgeless Systems chart repository:
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```bash
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helm repo add edgeless https://helm.edgeless.systems/stable
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helm repo update
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```
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2. Set ACCESS_KEY and ACCESS_SECRET to valid credentials you want s3proxy to use to interact with S3.
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3. Deploy s3proxy:
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```bash
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helm install s3proxy edgeless/s3proxy --set awsAccessKeyID="$ACCESS_KEY" --set awsSecretAccessKey="$ACCESS_SECRET"
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```
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If you want to run a demo application, check out the [Filestash with s3proxy](../getting-started/examples/filestash-s3proxy.md) example.
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## Technical details
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### Encryption
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s3proxy relies on Google's [Tink Cryptographic Library](https://developers.google.com/tink) to implement cryptographic operations securely.
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The used cryptographic primitives are [NIST SP 800 38f](https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-38F.pdf) for key wrapping and [AES](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard)-[GCM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_cipher_mode_of_operation#Galois/counter_(GCM)) with 256 bit keys for data encryption.
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s3proxy uses [envelope encryption](https://cloud.google.com/kms/docs/envelope-encryption) to encrypt objects.
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This means s3proxy uses a key encryption key (KEK) issued by the [KeyService](../architecture/microservices.md#keyservice) to encrypt data encryption keys (DEKs).
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Each S3 object is encrypted with its own DEK.
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The encrypted DEK is then saved as metadata of the encrypted object.
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This enables key rotation of the KEK without re-encrypting the data in S3.
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The approach also allows access to objects from different locations, as long as each location has access to the KEK.
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### Traffic interception
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To use s3proxy, you have to redirect your outbound S3 traffic to s3proxy.
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This can either be done by modifying your client application or by changing the deployment of your application.
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The necessary deployment modifications are to add DNS redirection and a trusted TLS certificate to the client's trust store.
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DNS redirection can be defined for each pod, allowing you to use s3proxy for one application without changing other applications in the same cluster.
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Adding a trusted TLS certificate is necessary as clients communicate with s3proxy via HTTPS.
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To have your client application trust s3proxy's TLS certificate, the certificate has to be added to the client's certificate trust store.
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The [Filestash with s3proxy](../getting-started/examples/filestash-s3proxy.md) example shows how to do this.
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