Amazon S3 Installation

An account with read access to S3 is required to use Amazon S3.

You can access the AWS Management Console via the link below. After logging in to this page, you can access S3 services: AWS Console – EU (Stockholm) Region

If you do not have an account, you can create a free account via AWS or contact your system administrator to request the necessary access.

Creating an IAM User

  1. Go to the IAM section and click the Add Users button.
  1. Specify the user name and proceed.
  1. Select the ‘Attach policies directly’ option and assign the AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccess permission.
  1. After creating the user, create an Access Key from the Security Credentials screen.
  2. Save the Access Key and Secret Access Key information somewhere.

This information is only displayed once.

  1. Type Buckets in the search field and click on the ‘Buckets’ option.
  1. Click on the ‘Create bucket’ button to go to the bucket creation screen.
  1. Enter the bucket name in the ‘Bucket Name’ field. The remaining properties can be changed on a user basis or left as they are.
  1. Enter the created Bucket.

Save Source Definition

  1. Source Type → AWS
  2. Name → File name
  3. Update Interval in Hour → Synchronisation time
  4. Add the required information:
    • awsAccessKeyId
    • awsSecretAccessKey
    • bucketName
    • S3uri