Prerequisites for Creating a Connection

You must satisfy the following prerequisites to create a connection with the Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) Adapter:

• Create an AWS Account
• Create an IAM User and Obtain the Access Key and Secret Access Key

Create an AWS Account

1. Go to https://aws.amazon.com.
2. Click Create an AWS Account.
3. Enter a root user email address.
4. Enter a name for your account in the AWS account name field.
5. Click Verify email address.
6. Once the email address is verified, create your root user password.
7. In the subsequent steps, enter your contact information and billing information details.
8. Complete the transaction to successfully create a root user account.

   You can now sign in to your AWS Account using the root user credentials.

   Note:

   The root user possesses unrestricted access to AWS resources. It is necessary to create an Identity and Access Management (IAM) user.

Create an IAM User and Obtain the Access Key and Secret Access Key

1. Log in to an AWS account using the root user credential.
2. In the search bar, enter IAM.
3. Click IAM and select Users under Access management.
4. Click Create user.
5. Enter a name for the user and click Next.
6. Select Attach policies directly on the Set permissions page.
7. Select AmazonS3ReadOnlyAccess as a permission policy for the user.

   Note:

   This is the minimum permission required for you to create the connection. You can add more permissions as per the actions you want to invoke.
8. Select AmazonS3FullAccess as a permission policy for the user.
9. (Optional step) Set a permissions boundary under Set permissions boundary, and click Next.
10. (Optional step) Add tags to AWS resources.
11. Click Create User.
12. Navigate to Dashboard, then Access management, and then Users. The newly created user appears in the list.
13. Select the user in the User name column.
14. On the User Info page, select Create access key in the Summary section.
15. Under Access key best practices & alternatives, select the use case according to your requirement, and click Next.
16. (Optional step) Provide a description tag, if required, and click Next.

    The Access key created message appears.

    The Access Key and Secret Access Key are displayed.

17. Copy the access key ID and secret key.

    Note:

    You must enter the access key in the Access Key field and the secret key in the Secret Access Key field on the Connections page. See Configure Connection Security.
18. Alternatively, you can click Download .csv file to download a file that contains the access key ID and the secret key.
19. Click Done.