Connect to Amazon S3

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Connect to Amazon S3 server to monitor for file changes or perform a variety of operations with remote files and directories.

Connection	Details
Server	Provide an Amazon S3 server name or IP address. Examples of accessing a bucket using virtual-hosted-style access: bucket-name.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com other-bucket.s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com s3.amazonaws.com see.more.examples…
Authentication	Authenticate with Access Keys. Access Keys · provide Amazon S3 access and secret keys.
Access key ID	Provide Amazon S3 access key ID.
Secret access key	Provide Amazon S3 secret access key.
Mask password	To maximize security, mask the password characters. While enabled, it is not possible to use the Variable Wizard.
Variable Wizard	Use dynamic data input—substitute a parameter from a file, web, connected Trigger, other Actions, date and time presets, etc.

Interconnect

• Connect to Amazon S3 integration and auditing—Variables (dynamic data) and Events (recorded activity). Access the name (address) of the server, which may include the bucket name, used for the AWS connection. Detailed logs are maintained for connections to Amazon S3, including any connection problems encountered.

Examples…

Use one of the many methods to access an Amazon S3 bucket using the Connect to Amazon S3, Upload, Sync, and Download Actions, as well as, Amazon S3 Watcher Trigger. The list is not exhaustive, as Automation Workshop usually auto-detects the S3 region and bucket.

• Connect to: s3.amazonaws.com
• Connect to: s3.region.amazonaws.com
• Connect to: "s3.region.amazonaws.com"
• Connect to: https://s3.amazonaws.com
• Connect to: bucket.s3.region.amazonaws.com
• Upload to: /bucket/
• Download: /bucket/filename.ext

• Connect to: s3.region.amazonaws.com
• Upload to: /bucket-other-region/
• Download: /bucket-other-region/filename.ext

• Connect to: s3.region.amazonaws.com/bucket
• Upload to: ./
• Download: ./filename.ext

• Connect to: bucket.s3.region.amazonaws.com
• Folder Watcher: /
• Upload to: /
• Download: /filename.ext
• Download: ./filename.ext

• Connect to: bucket1.s3.region.amazonaws.com
• Upload to: ./
• Upload to: /bucket2/
• Download: ./filename.ext
• Download: /bucket2/filename.ext

• Connect to: bucket.with.dots.s3.region.amazonaws.com
• Upload to: /
• Download: /filename.txt

• Connect to: s3.amazonaws.com
• Create directory: /bucket/folder
• Upload to: /bucket/folder/
• Download: /bucket/folder/filename.ext

Just ask…

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