Welcome to the AWS S3 tutorial! Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is a scalable object storage service that allows you to store and retrieve any amount of data at any time. In this guide, we will cover the basics of setting up and using S3.

Getting Started

Before you begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

  • An AWS account
  • AWS CLI installed and configured

Creating a Bucket

The first step is to create a bucket. A bucket is a container for storing objects in S3.

aws s3 mb s3://my-first-bucket

Replace my-first-bucket with your desired bucket name.

Uploading an Object

Once you have a bucket, you can upload objects to it. An object is a file that you store in S3.

aws s3 cp /path/to/local/file s3://my-first-bucket/

Replace /path/to/local/file with the path to your local file and my-first-bucket with your bucket name.

Accessing Your Objects

You can access your objects using the AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, or SDKs.

Using the AWS Management Console

  1. Go to the Amazon S3 console.
  2. Select your bucket.
  3. Click on the "Objects" tab.
  4. You will see a list of all the objects in your bucket.

Using the AWS CLI

aws s3 ls s3://my-first-bucket/

Replace my-first-bucket with your bucket name.

Security

S3 provides a variety of security features to help you control access to your data.

IAM Policies

You can use IAM policies to control access to your S3 resources. IAM policies are JSON documents that define the permissions for AWS users and groups.

For more information on IAM policies, visit the AWS IAM documentation.

Bucket Policies

Bucket policies are another way to control access to your S3 resources. Bucket policies are JSON documents that define the permissions for the bucket.

For more information on bucket policies, visit the AWS S3 bucket policies documentation.

Conclusion

This tutorial provided a basic overview of AWS S3. For more information, please visit the AWS S3 documentation.

To learn more about AWS services, check out our AWS services tutorial.