Shop and Retrieve a File

with Amazon S3

Introduction

This footstep-past-step tutorial will help yous store your files in the cloud using Amazon Uncomplicated Storage Solution (S3). Amazon S3 is a service that enables you lot to store your data (referred to equally objects) in at massive scale. In this tutorial, you will create an Amazon S3 bucket, upload a file, retrieve the file and delete the file.

This tutorial is doable inside the AWS Free Tier.

 Toll to Complete

 Services Used

Storing Your Files with AWS
Requires an Account

Implementation

  • Enter the Amazon S3 Console

    When you click here, the AWS Direction Panel volition open in a new browser window, so you lot can go along this step-by-step guide open.  When the screen loads, enter your user name and password to get started. Then type S3 in the search bar and select S3 to open the console.

    AWS Management Console

  • Create an S3 Bucket

    In this step, you will create an Amazon S3 bucket. A bucket is the container you store your files in.

    a.  In the S3 dashboard, click Create Bucket.

    If this is the first time you lot have created a saucepan, you volition see a screen that looks similar the paradigm pictured here.

    If you lot take already created S3 buckets, your S3 dashboard will list all the buckets y'all have created.

    Create S3 bucket

    b. Enter a bucket name. Saucepan names must be unique across all existing bucket names in Amazon S3. There are a number of other restrictions on S3 bucket names as well. Then select a region to create your bucket in.

    Select Adjacent.

    Enter bucket name

    S3 bucket options

    d. Y'all accept the power to gear up permission settings for your S3 saucepan. Exit the default values and selectNext.

    S3 bucket permission settings

    e.  Review your configuration settings and select Create bucket.

    S3 bucket configuration settings

  • Upload a File

    In this step, you will upload a file to your new Amazon S3 saucepan.

    a.  You will see your new bucket in the S3 console. Click on your bucket'south name to navigate to the saucepan.

    Click on your bucket’s name to navigate to the bucket

    b.  You lot are in your bucket'southward home page. Select Upload.

    Select upload

    c. To select a file to upload, either click Add files and select a sample file that you would similar to store OR Drag and Drop a file on the upload box. Select Next later on yous accept selected a file to upload.

    Upload a file

    d. Yous have the power to set permission settings on your object. For this tutorial, get out the default values and select Next.

    Set permission settings

    e. You have the ability to set property settings like storage class, encryption, and metadata with your object. Go out the default values and select Side by side.

    Property settings

    f. Review your configurations and select Upload. You will run across your object in your saucepan's home screen.

    Review configurations and select upload

  • Recall the Object

    In this step, you will download the file from your Amazon S3 bucket.

    a. Select the checkbox next to the file you would like to download, then select Download.

    Select the checkbox next to the file you would like to download, then select Download

  • Delete the Object and Bucket

    Y'all can hands delete your object and bucket from the Amazon S3 console. In fact, it is a all-time practice to delete resources you are no longer using so you don't keep getting charged for them.

    a. You volition first delete your object. Select the checkbox next to the file you want to delete and select More > Delete.

    Delete your object

    b.  Review and confirm the object you lot want to delete. Select Delete.

    Review and confirm the object you want to delete

    c. Click on Amazon S3 to view all your buckets in the region.

    Click on Amazon S3 to view all your buckets in the region

    d. Click to the right of the bucket name of the bucket you lot created to selected information technology, so click Delete. Blazon in the proper noun of your bucket and click Confirm.

    Delete bucket

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Congratulations!

You have backed up your first file to the deject by creating an Amazon S3 saucepan and uploading your file as an S3 object. Amazon S3 is designed for 99.999999999% immovability to help ensure that your data is always available when you want information technology. Yous've also learned how to recall your backed upward file and how to delete the file and saucepan.