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== Creating IAM user ==
* Login to the IAM console:
: https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/
* From the left pane, click on Users -> click on “Add user” -> specify the user name -> access type: “Programmatic access” -> do not select “AWS Management Console access” -> click “Next: Permissions”
* From the “add user to group”, click on “Create group” -> from the policy list, select “AmazonS3FullAccess” -> click “Next: Review” -> click on “Create user”
* Download the CSV file with the “Access key ID” and “Secret access key” and save the CSV file in a secure location
* Click Close

== S3FS installation ==
* Login using SSH to the target Linux machine using privileged account.
* Follow the instructions below to install the S3FS Fuse adapter:
: https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/wiki/Installation-Notes
* Run the command sudo vi /etc/passwd-s3fs to create config file with the following content:
: '''bucketName:accessKeyId:secretAccessKey'''
: Note 1: Replace '''bucketName''', with the target bucket name
: Note 2: Replace '''accessKeyId''', with the relevant value from the credentials created on the IAM console
: Note 3: Replace '''secretAccessKey''', with the relevant value from the credentials created on the IAM console
* Change the permissions of the passwd-s3fs file (Amazon Linux):
: '''sudo chown ec2-user:ec2-user /etc/passwd-s3fs'''
: '''sudo chmod 600 /etc/passwd-s3fs'''
* Change the permissions of the passwd-s3fs file (Ubuntu):
: '''sudo chown ubuntu:ubuntu /etc/passwd-s3fs'''
: '''sudo chmod 600 /etc/passwd-s3fs'''

== Mount phase ==
* Run the commands below to mount the Amazon S3 storage (Amazon Linux):
: '''sudo mkdir -p /dev/cloudstorage'''
: '''sudo chown -R ec2-user:ec2-user /dev/cloudstorage/'''
: '''sudo chmod 777 /dev/cloudstorage'''
: '''/usr/bin/s3fs MyBucket /dev/cloudstorage -o passwd_file=/etc/passwd-s3fs'''
: Note: Replace '''MyBucket''', with the target bucket name
* Run the commands below to mount the Amazon S3 storage (Ubuntu):
: '''sudo mkdir -p /dev/cloudstorage'''
: '''sudo chown -R ubuntu:ubuntu /dev/cloudstorage/'''
: '''sudo chmod 777 /dev/cloudstorage'''
: '''/usr/bin/s3fs MyBucket /dev/cloudstorage -o passwd_file=/etc/passwd-s3fs'''
: Note: Replace '''MyBucket''', with the target bucket name
* To view the content of the Amazon S3 bucket, switch to the new mount point:
: '''cd /dev/cloudstorage'''

== Unmount phase ==
* en completing the work on the bucket, from the Linux SSH console, and run the commands below to unmount the Amazon S3 Storage:
: '''cd ~'''
: '''sudo fusermount -u /dev/cloudstorage'''
* Logoff the Linux machine

== Additional references regarding permanent mount using FSTAB ==
: https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse/wiki/Fuse-Over-Amazon
: https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse
: https://www.systutorials.com/docs/linux/man/1-s3fs/