How to Upload Files Using Amazon S3 with FileZilla Pro CLI

What you’ll need

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

Create a user and get a secret access key for FileZilla Pro CLI

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

   

3. Click on Add User.
   
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4. Enter a user name.
5. Tick the Programmatic access checkbox.
6. Click on Next: Permissions.
   
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7. Click on Attach existing policies directly.
8. Enter S3 in the policy search field and press ENTER on your keyboard.
   
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9. Tick the AmazonS3FullAccess policy.
   
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10. Click on Next: Tags.
11. Click on Next: Review
    
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12. Check that you’ve assigned the AmazonS3FullAccess policy.
13. Click on Create User.
    

    

14. Without closing this browser window – you’ll need the access key information – open FileZilla Pro CLI.

Connecting to S3

Use the s3 protocol and connect to the s3.amazonaws.com host:

From the prompt enter the connect command:
fzcli> connect s3://:@s3.amazonaws.com ˓→<path>

Optionally you can use the parameters of the connect command:

fzcli> connect --protocol s3 --user --pass --path s3.amazonaws.com

Note that the path is optional but if present it has to start with a slash.

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