Release highlights

This release focuses on major improvements to the S3 import feature in Kickstart Professional, making it compatible with a much wider range of S3-compatible storage services.

S3 import fixes and enhancements (Professional only)

• Fixed a critical bug that prevented the S3 import feature from working at all due to a missing constant definition.
• You can now select the S3 signature method (v2 or v4). Use v4 for AWS and most S3-compatible services; v2 is provided for legacy compatibility.
• Added region selection with a comprehensive list of all AWS regions. You can also specify a custom region for non-AWS S3-compatible services.
• Added an auto-detect region option that queries the bucket's region automatically, with a graceful fallback for S3-compatible services that do not support region auto-detection.
• Added a custom endpoint option, allowing you to use third-party S3-compatible storage services such as Cloudflare R2, Backblaze B2, Wasabi, MinIO, and others.

Changelog

New features

• S3 import: auto-detect region option with graceful fallback for S3-compatible services
• S3 import: comprehensive AWS region list with custom region option
• S3 import: custom endpoint support for third-party S3-compatible services
• S3 import: signature method selection (v2/v4) with region support

Bug fixes

• [HIGH] S3 import feature was broken due to missing AKEEBAENGINE constant definition