How to get Amazon S3 Credentials

Below you find a step by step guide, if you prefer you can watch our How to Connect to Amazon S3 Cloud Storage.

To connect to Amazon S3, make sure you have the following:

• An account with Amazon AWS
• An access key ID
• A secret access key.

Follow these steps to create a user and get a secret access key for FileZilla Pro:

1. Go to the IAM dashboard at https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam
2. Select Users from the menu on the left. Click on Create user.



3. Enter a user name and click on Next.



4. Click on Attach policies directly.
5. In the search box, type S3, check AmazonS3FullAccess policy in the list and click on Next.



6. Review and click on Create user.



7. In the list of users, click on the created user.
8. In the user page, scroll down and click on Create access key.
9. Check on Application running outside AWS use case and click on Next.



10. Click on Create access key.



11. Click on Show to view the secret key:



12. Copy both the access and secret keys to a safe place. Continue on https://filezillapro.com/docs/v3/cloud/configure-filezilla-pro-to-connect-to-s3/

The video tutorial below shows how to configure FileZilla Pro to connect to Amazon S3.

Video tutorial: FileZilla Pro Connect to Amazon S3 Cloud Storage

Related Topic:

• How to Access S3