Amazon S3 - Creating a Bucket

Back to basics!

Summary of how to create an S3 bucket

1. Creating a Bucket

• Click Create bucket in S3 on the AWS Management Console

1-1. Create Bucket

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• Set only the bucket name and create everything else with default settings

1-2. Disable Block Public Access

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2. Getting Keys

• Click Add user in IAM on the AWS Management Console

2-1. Add User

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• Specify a username, select the checkbox above, then proceed to the next step

2-2. Create Group

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• If you don't have an existing group, create a new group

• Select Administrator Access as the policy, then click Create group

2-3. Add User to Group

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• Add the user to the group created above

2-4. Review and Download Credentials (.csv)

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• After reviewing your final settings, click Create user

• Once the user is created, download the .csv file containing credentials

  • This credentials file contains the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key

    • Download it and store it in a safe place!!!!!

2-5. Add User Permissions

• Click Add permissions to add S3 bucket permissions to the user created above

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• Click Attach existing policies directly

• Search for S3 in the search bar

• Select the AmazonS3FullAccess policy from the search results

• Click Next

2-6. Review Permission Addition

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• After reviewing the added permissions, click Add permissions

Done! So simple!