---
title: "Configuring Object Direct in WEKA"
slug: "configuring-object-direct-in-weka"
updated: 2026-10-30T21:17:41Z
published: 2026-10-30T21:17:41Z
canonical: "docs.wasabi.com/configuring-object-direct-in-weka"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Configuring Object Direct in WEKA

WEKA's [Object Direct](https://docs.weka.io/weka-system-overview/data-storage#object-store-direct-mount-obs_direct) mount mode is used to land bulk or raw data directly on Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage, ahead of high-performance processing on WEKA NeuralMesh. Data writes to Wasabi with only brief staging on NeuralMesh's SSD tier. Reads for migration are served directly from Wasabi without promoting data to the performance tier.

## Requirements

- WEKA cluster version 4.4.35 or higher
  - Data Protection Option (DPO) license
- An active Wasabi account
  - Access & Secret Key Pair (see [3—Creating a User Account and Access Key](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/creating-a-user-account-and-access-key))
  - Wasabi bucket (see [2—Working With Buckets and Objects](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/working-with-buckets-and-objects))

## Configuration

Attach a Wasabi bucket using the following command.

```plaintext
weka fs tier s3 add wasabi-bucket --site=local --hostname=s3.wasabisys.com --auth-method=AWSSignature4 --port 443 --protocol HTTPS_UNVERIFIED --region=us-east-1 --bucket=<bucket name> --access-key-id=<access key> --secret-key=<secret key>
```

> This configuration example uses Wasabi’s us-east-1 storage region. To use another Wasabi storage region, use the appropriate URL as described in [Service URLs for Wasabi's Storage Regions](https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/what-are-the-service-urls-for-wasabis-different-storage-regions).

Create a filesystem group using the command. (This example creates a filesystem group “archive” with 1 week retention and 1 hour demote schedule.)

```plaintext
weka fs group add archive --target-ssd-retention=1w --start-demote=1h
```

Create a filesystem using the following command. (This example create a filesystem named “wasabi-fs”.)

```plaintext
weka fs add wasabi-fs 1PB --fs-group archive --ssd-capacity 100TB --obs-name wasabi-bucket
```

To set up an SMB protocol share with Object Direct, use the following command. (This example creates a SMB share named “wasabi-smb”.)

```plaintext
weka smb share add wasabi-smb wasabi-fs --obs-direct
```

To set up a NFS protocol share with Object Direct, use the following command. (This example creates a NFS share named “wasabi-fs”.)

```plaintext
weka nfs permission add wasabi-fs archive --permission-type rw --obs-direct on
```

When data is copied into the shares, the data will be written into the SSD tier and immediately transferred to Wasabi. When data is retrieved, it is served directly from Wasabi and not cached on the SSD tier.