How to connect to S3 bucket using Windows client
Creating IAM user
- Login to the IAM console:
- 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
Download and install S3 Browser
- Download the installation file from:
- Double click on the installation file and follow the instructions
Configure the S3 Browser
- Run the S3 Browser from the Windows client
- From the “Add New Account page", specify the following details:
- Account name – specify here the previously created IAM user
- Account type – select “Amazon S3 Storage”
- AWS Access Key ID – specify here the access key ID from the CSV file
- AWS Secret Access Key – specify here the secret access key
- Encrypt Access Keys with a password – select this option to specify password to protect the AWS credentials from been compromised
- Use secure transfer (SSL / TLS) – select this option
- Click on Add new account