Extensions
Legacy Authentication Scheme for S3 API
Prior to version 0.10.0, DuckDB did not have a [Secrets manager](#docs:sql:statements:create_secret). Hence, the configuration of and authentication to S3 endpoints was handled via variables. This page documents the legacy authentication scheme for the S3 API.  
> The recommended way to configuration and authentication of S3 endpoints is to use [secrets](#docs:extensions:httpfs:s3api::configuration-and-authentication).