How to Access Amazon S3 Bucket?
You can work and access the Amazon S3 bucket by using any one of the following methods
- AWS Management Console
- AWS CLI Commands
- Programming Scripts ( Using boto3 library of Python )
1. AWS Management Console
You can access the AWS S3 bucket using the AWS management console which is a web-based user interface. Firstly you need to create an AWS account and login to the Web console and from there you can choose the S3 bucket option from Amazon S3 service. ( AWS Console >> Amazon S3 >> S3 Buckets )
2. AWS CLI Commands
In this methods firstly you have to install the aws cli software in the terminal and try on configuring the aws account with access key, secret key and the default region. Then on taking the `aws –help` , you can figure out the s3 service usage. For example , To view try on running following command:
aws s3 ls
3. Programming scripts
You can configure the Amazon S3 bucket by using a scripting programing languages like Python and with using libraries such as boto3 library you can perform the AWS S3 tasks. To know more about refer this article – How to access Amazon S3 using python script.
Introduction to AWS Simple Storage Service (AWS S3)
AWS offers a wide range of storage services that can be configured depending on your project requirements and use cases. AWS comes up with different types of storage services for maintaining highly confidential data, frequently accessed data, and often accessed storage data. You can choose from various storage service types such as Object Storage as a Service(Amazon S3), File Storage as a Service (Amazon EFS), Block Storage as a Service (Amazon EBS), backups, and data migration options.
Table of Content
- What is Amazon S3?
- What is Amazon S3 Used for?
- What is an Amazon S3 bucket?
- How Does Amazon S3 works?
- How To Use an Amazon S3 Bucket?
- What are the types of S3 Storage Classes?
- How to Upload and Manage Files on Amazon S3?
- How to Access Amazon S3 Bucket?
- AWS S3 Bucket Permissions
- Features of Amazon S3
- Advantages of Amazon S3
- Amazon S3 – FAQs