# Remote File Systems

With the Remote File Systems plugin you can connect to remote storages and manage data on them right from your IDE.

Procedure: Install the Remote File Systems plugin

This functionality relies on the   plugin, which   you need to install and enable.

> **Note:**
> The Remote File Systems plugin is not available in IntelliJ IDEA without the Ultimate subscription.

1. Press `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Windows), `⌘ Comma` (macOS), `⌘ Comma` (IntelliJ IDEA Classic (macOS)), `⌘ Comma` (macOS System Shortcuts), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (XWin), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (GNOME), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (KDE), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Emacs), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Sublime Text), `⌘ Comma` (Sublime Text (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (NetBeans), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Visual Studio), `⌘ Comma` (Visual Studio (macOS)), `Ctrl+Alt+S` (Eclipse), `⌘ Comma` (Eclipse (macOS)) to open settings and then select `Plugins`.

2. Open the Marketplace tab, find the Remote File Systems plugin, and click Install (restart the IDE if prompted).

The plugin provides support for the following remote file systems:

* [AWS S3](big-data-tools-aws-s3.html)

* [Google Cloud Storage](big-data-tools-google-cloud-storage.html)

* [Azure](big-data-tools-azure.html)

* [Alibaba OSS](big-data-tools-alibaba-oss.html)

* [Tencent COS](big-data-tools-tencent-cos.html)

* [MinIO](big-data-tools-minio.html)

* [DigitalOcean Spaces](big-data-tools-digitalocean-spaces.html)

* [Linode](big-data-tools-linode.html)

* [HDFS](big-data-tools-hdfs.html)

* [Yandex Object Storage](big-data-tools-yandex-object-storage.html)

* [SFTP](big-data-tools-sftp.html)

Once the plugin is installed, the Big Data Tools window appears in the rightmost group of the [tool windows](guided-tour-around-the-user-interface.html). You can also access it using `View | Tool Windows | Big Data Tools`.

![Big Data Tools tool window](https://resources.jetbrains.com.cn/help/img/idea/2026.2/bdt_remote_file_systems_tool_window.png)

For the basic operations with the remote file systems, use the tool window toolbar:

| Item | Description |
| --- | --- |
|  ![Add connection](https://resources.jetbrains.com.cn/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.add.svg)  |  Add a new connection to a server  |
|  ![Delete connection](https://resources.jetbrains.com.cn/help/img/idea/2026.2/app.expui.general.remove.svg)  | Delete the selected connection |
|  ![Refresh Connection](https://resources.jetbrains.com.cn/help/img/idea/2026.2/app-client.expui.general.refresh.svg)  | Refresh the selected connection |
|  ![Connection settings](https://resources.jetbrains.com.cn/help/img/idea/2026.2/app-client.expui.general.settings.svg)  | Open the connection settings |
| ![Search in notebooks](https://resources.jetbrains.com.cn/help/img/idea/2026.2/app-client.expui.general.search.svg) |  [Navigate to a file in a storage](big-data-tools-data-files.html#navigate)  |
|  ![Open in Editor](https://resources.jetbrains.com.cn/help/img/idea/2026.2/app-client.expui.general.export.svg)  |  Open the selected storage, bucket, or folder in a separate tab of your editor  |