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How To Get Amazon S3 Keys

You will need your S3 Access key and Secret key (or an IAM role attached to your EC2 instance) to configure your ObjectiveFS filesystem

Go to your AWS Console
Select "Identity and Access Management (IAM)"
AWS CONSOLE // SERVICESSECURITY, IDENTITY & COMPLIANCEIAMIDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENTKMSSECRETS MANAGER
Select "Users" from "Access Management"
IAM // ACCESS MANAGEMENTUSER GROUPSUSERSROLESPOLICIES
Select an existing user or create a new user
Select the "Permissions" tab and attach the policy with S3 access, e.g. S3 Full Access. Here is an example policy that grants access to only one S3 bucket.
IAM // USER: OBJECTIVEFSPERMISSIONSGROUPSSECURITY CREDENTIALSADD PERMISSIONSATTACHED POLICIESAmazonS3FullAccessATTACHED
Select the "Security Credentials" tab and click on "Create access key" to generate a new access and secret key pair. The secret key is shown only once, so store it safely.
IAM // USER: OBJECTIVEFSPERMISSIONSGROUPSSECURITY CREDENTIALSCREATE ACCESS KEYACCESS KEY IDAKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLESECRET ACCESS KEY***************************SHOWN ONLY ONCE · STORE IT SAFELY

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