secretKey:          credentials.SecretKey,
			expectedRespStatus: http.StatusNotFound,
		},
		// Test case - 3.
		// Test case to induce a signature mismatch.
		// Using invalid accessID.
		{
			bucketName:         bucketName,
			objectName:         objectName,
			accessKey:          "Invalid-AccessID",
			secretKey:          credentials.SecretKey,

	// Create new HTTP request with incorrect secretKey to generate an incorrect signature.
	secretKey := s.secretKey + "a"
	request, err = newTestSignedRequest(http.MethodPut, getPutObjectURL(s.endPoint, bucketName, objName), 0, nil, s.accessKey, secretKey, s.signer)
	c.Assert(err, nil)
	response, err = s.client.Do(request)
	c.Assert(err, nil)

}

type siteReplicatorCred struct {
	secretKey string
	sync.RWMutex
}

// Get or attempt to load site replicator credentials from disk.
func (s *siteReplicatorCred) Get(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
	s.RLock()
	secretKey := s.secretKey
	s.RUnlock()

	if secretKey != "" {
		return secretKey, nil
	}

	// and hence expected to have same credentials.
	core, err := miniogo.NewCore(host, &miniogo.Options{
		Creds:     credentials.NewStaticV4(cred.AccessKey, cred.SecretKey, ""),
		Secure:    globalIsTLS,
		Transport: getRemoteInstanceTransport(),
	})
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	core.SetAppInfo("minio-federated", ReleaseTag)
	return core, nil
}