How to get your Amazon S3 AWS Region, AWS S3 Key and AWS S3 Secret: Step-by-step guide

December 22, 2023

Developers connecting to Amazon S3 will need an AWS Region, AWS S3 Key and AWS S3 Secret for authentication.

Here's how to generate, configure, and copy your Amazon S3 AWS Region, AWS S3 Key and AWS S3 Secret so you can use it in your integration or share steps with your customers.

Generating AWS Access Key ID and Secret Access Key

You can easily access your AWS S3 account using a Access key and Secret Access key of your AWS account.

1. If you don't have one already then go to your account and click on My Security Credentials
   
2. Then select Access keys (access key ID and secret access key) section.
   
   There is an important notification on the section, which recommends you to create an IAM Role instead of creating root access keys.
3. Click on Create New Access Key
   
4. Download the Key pairs to your system for future use.
5. Click on Show Access key and you will get your Access Key ID and Secret Access Key.
   
6. You need to use this Access Key ID and Secret Access Key to connect to your AWS connect and access the S3 bucket.

With your Amazon S3 AWS Region, AWS S3 Key and AWS S3 Secret in hand, you're ready to connect. But managing keys, tokens, and refresh flows across every vendor quickly becomes a security risk.

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