AWS Bucket Creation

The following document lists the simple steps that allow the user to create an AWS bucket for storage.

Note:

• The listed steps are as per the current process in the AWS portal.

What are AWS S3?

Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is an object storage built to retrieve any amount of data anytime and from anywhere. It lets you store, distribute and manage your data in the Cloud. The need for more and more data storage continues to grow, and building your storage is not an option. AWS S3 lets you securely collect, analyse and store your data at a massive scale. It even enables you to distribute and manage your data by running multiple applications, hosting high-traffic websites, 3rd party software and delivering content.

Influx ReXgen Air now lets you store your data to AWS S3. This not only reduces cost but has no upfront investments. One can think of it as a paid taxi service, where you own nothing and pay for the service, allowing users to pay only for the storage and data transfer they use. One of the main benefits of using S3 is storing and accessing data from anywhere with an internet connection.

How does AWS work?

Amazon Simple Storage Services, as the name suggests, provides a web interface to store files. Each file is stored as an object within the 'bucket'. A bucket serves as a container for storing objects that need to be accessed by multiple users or devices, such as documents, images, and videos. S3 also offers a range of features that make it easy to manage and organise data, including creating and managing folders, setting access controls, and tracking users' activity. It is not only Low cost as it allows you to pay-as-you-go but has multiple advantages like no investment, scalability, flexibility, Global availability, reliability and security, making AWS S3 stand out. Data stored in S3 buckets is stored across multiple devices in multiple facilities across the specified region, making it highly resistant to data loss. S3 is also designed to scale automatically to meet users' needs, making it easy to store and access large amounts of data without worrying about capacity limits. Overall, AWS S3 is a robust and reliable cloud storage service that offers a range of features and pricing options to meet the needs of different users. Whether you are looking to store large amounts of data or need a place to store and share documents, S3 is an excellent solution.

How to create a bucket?

The first step for creating an AWS S3 bucket is to have an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account. Signing up for AWS automatically signs you up for all services in AWS, including Amazon S3.

How to create an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account?

Open https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup#/start/email

• Sign-Up (new user): fill in the email address and an account name, then click 'verify email address'.

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• This sends an auto-generated verification code to your mentioned email ID; follow the instructions given in the email for verification.

• A sign-up automatically creates a 'root user' account on AWS. The root user can access all AWS services and resources in the account.

Note:

• As a security best practice, assign administrative access to an administrative user and use only the root user to perform tasks requiring access.

How to create a bucket?

• Sign in to your Amazon Web Services (AWS) account.

• Under Services, choose Storage to open the Amazon S3 console.

• Choose Create Bucket.

• Specify the bucket name in Bucket Name and your desired region in the AWS Region section, for example, Europe (London) eu-west-2.

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• The bucket name must satisfy the rules for bucket naming listed by AWS. Refer to 'See rules for bucket naming'.

• Fill in all the other required fields as desired.

• Click Create bucket.

• Once the bucket is created successfully, it is displayed in the Buckets pane.