Amazon S3 Connection
This article describes how to connect to Amazon S3.
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Prerequisites
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Review how sources and connections work.
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Create a source to add this connection to.
Add a connection
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Go to [your source] > Connections and select Add Connection.
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In Connection type, select Amazon S3.
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Fill in the following:
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Name: A meaningful name for your connection. Used to indicate the location of catalog items.
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Description (Optional): A short description of the connection.
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Bucket name: The name of the Amazon S3 bucket you want to use.
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Region: The region to which the bucket belongs.
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Add credentials
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Only AWS Access Key authentication is supported. Ensure the connecting user has the following permissions in AWS:
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Select Add Credentials.
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Fill in the following:
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Name: Provide a clear name for this set of credentials.
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Description (Optional): Explain what the credentials are used for or provide other useful information.
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Access key: The AWS access key ID.
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Secret key: The AWS secret access key.
For details, see Manage access keys for IAM users.
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To use this set of credentials by default when connecting to the data source, select Set as default.
| One set of credentials must be defined as default for each connection. Otherwise, DQ evaluation fails and previewing data in the catalog is not possible. |
Add write credentials
If you want to export data to this source, add write credentials. Select Add Credentials and follow the instructions in Add credentials.
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