4.1.1.2 Creating a Connection to AWS S3

Prerequisites:

• An AWS account with S3 access, bucket creation and write data permission. See AWS Account Creation.
• A Client ID and Client Secret to access AWS programmatically. See Programmatic Access.

To create a connection to AWS S3:

1. On the Catalog page, click Create New Item.
2. Hover the mouse over Connection and select AWS S3 from the submenu.
3. On the Type Properties screen, enter the following details:
   • Name: Enter a unique name for the connection. This is a mandatory field.
   • Display Name: Enter a display name for the connection. If left blank, the Name field value is copied.
   • Description
   • Tags
   • Connection Type: The selected connection is displayed.
4. Click Next.
5. On the Connection Details screen, enter the following details:

   • Client ID: Enter the Access Key ID obtained from AWS.

   • Client Secret: Enter the Secret access key obtained from AWS.

   • Region: Region in which the S3 Bucket is already created, or in which you want to create a new bucket. See Regions and Endpoints.
6. Click Test Connection, to ensure credentials are correct and to download the third party libraries required to connect to AWS S3.

   The download will take some time to complete, because these jars will be downloaded from maven repository, for the first time. You can track the progress in jetty logs. For the subsequent Test Connection or OSA pipeline deployment, third party jars will be available locally.

7. Click Save.