Once your study files are formatted and validated, follow these steps to upload them to the fh-dasl-cbio bucket.

✅ Step 1: Zip Your Study Folder

Before uploading, compress your study folder into a .zip file.

  • On Mac: Right-click → Compress
  • On Windows: Right-click → Send to → Compressed (zipped) folder

Or use the command line:

# Go to the folder where your study lives
cd /path/to/directory/cancer_study_identifier

# Zip the folder recursively
zip -r cancer_study_identifier.zip .

📝 Note: The .zip file name must exactly match the cancer_study_identifier value used in your study files.

✅ Step 2: Upload Your Zipped Folder to the S3 Bucket

You have three ways to upload your data. Choose the one you’re most comfortable with:

🟦 Option 1: Using Motuz (Simple Web Interface)

  1. Go to Motuz
  2. Log in with your Fred Hutch credentials
  3. Follow these setup steps to configure access to fh-dasl-cbio
  4. Select your .zip file and click the blue arrow to upload
    Motuz upload example

🟨 Option 2: Using Mountain Duck (Drag-and-Drop)

  1. Follow the Mountain Duck setup guide
  2. Then configure the fh-dasl-cbio bucket.
  3. Open the bucket in Finder
  4. Copy and paste your .zip file into the folder
    Mountain Duck upload

🟫 Option 3: Using the Command Line (for power users)

If you’re comfortable using the terminal and have AWS CLI configured, use:

aws s3 cp /path/to/cancer_study_identifier.zip s3://fh-dasl-cbio/

📝 Note: Make sure your AWS credentials are correctly set up and your lab account has write-only permissions to fh-dasl-cbio.

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