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# Impossible Cloud

> Connect Impossible Cloud buckets as sources and destinations for transfer tasks.

Impossible Cloud — EU-sovereign S3-compatible object storage (with a US region as well).

## At a Glance

|                   |                                                                    |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Region**        | Required — e.g., `eu-central-2`                                    |
| **Endpoint URL**  | Derived from region — `https://<region>.storage.impossibleapi.net` |
| **Credentials**   | Access key — `access_key_id`, `secret_access_key`                  |
| **Task defaults** | `s3_no_check_bucket: true`, `fast_list: true`                      |

## Credentials

Create a [secret](/secrets) with the **Impossible Cloud** provider type. The auth method is
`impossible_cloud_access_key`, which requires:

| Field               | Description                        |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| `access_key_id`     | Impossible Cloud access key ID     |
| `secret_access_key` | Impossible Cloud secret access key |

Generate access keys from the Impossible Cloud console.

## Location Setup

| Field             | Value                                                                          |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **region**        | Required — e.g., `eu-central-2`                                                |
| **endpoint\_url** | Optional — derived from region as `https://<region>.storage.impossibleapi.net` |

Pick a region and the endpoint is derived automatically (e.g.,
`https://eu-central-2.storage.impossibleapi.net`). Supplying an explicit `endpoint_url` overrides
the derived value — one of the two must be set.

Example:

| Field          | Example value    |
| -------------- | ---------------- |
| name           | `Impossible EU`  |
| location\_type | Impossible Cloud |
| bucket\_name   | `acme-sovereign` |
| region         | `eu-central-2`   |

## Importing from rclone.conf

Impossible Cloud remotes appear in `rclone.conf` as `type = s3` with
`provider = ImpossibleCloud`. See the [rclone import guide](/guides/import-rclone-config).