# Import vcf from S3

**URL:** https://discuss.hail.is/t/import-vcf-from-s3/2901
**Category:** Hail Query & hailctl
**Created:** [October 17, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/import-vcf-from-s3/2901 "2022-10-17T18:19:01Z")
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### Author: ![jrs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dbc845/32.png) [@jrs](https://discuss.hail.is/u/jrs)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.hail.is/t/import-vcf-from-s3/2901/1 "2022-10-17T18:19:01Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to hl.import\_vcf from a public S3 bucket with

hl.import\_vcf(‘[s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/human-pangenomics/T2T/CHM13/assemblies/variants/1000\_Genomes\_Project/chm13v1.1/by\_chr/1kgp.chr1.recalibrated.snp\_indel.pass.chm13.v1.1.liftover.vcf.gz](http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/human-pangenomics/T2T/CHM13/assemblies/variants/1000_Genomes_Project/chm13v1.1/by_chr/1kgp.chr1.recalibrated.snp_indel.pass.chm13.v1.1.liftover.vcf.gz)’, reference\_genome=‘chm13’)

I installed the S3 connector as provided by danking in a post on Jun’21

The import\_vcf() version above returns

Error summary: UnsupportedFileSystemException: No FileSystem for scheme “s3”,

the version with ‘s3a-us-west’ instead of ‘s3-us.west’ returns

Error summary: NoRouteToHostException: No route to host (Host unreachable)

I am trying this on a local hail installation.

I believe I checked most of the pertinent posts without finding a solution.

Thank you.

jrs