How to connect to S3 bucket using Windows client

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

Download and install S3 Browser

• Download the installation file from:

https://s3browser.com/download.aspx

• 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