How to authenticate to an AWS S3 bucket

Prerequisites

To connect AWS S3 with Rhombus AI, you need to:

1. Create S3 bucket.
2. Create IAM policy.
3. Create IAM user.
4. Generate your Access key and Secret Key.
5. Get your bucket name.

Step 1. Create Bucket

Create a bucket in S3 and get the container name.

Step 2. Create IAM Policy

You must create an IAM policy for both the IAM Role and Access Key and Secret approaches.

1. Go to Identity and Access Management (IAM) → Policies and click Create Policy.

   

2. Go to the JSON tab.

3. Copy the following policy and paste it into the visual editor. Replace {your-bucket-name} with the name of your S3 bucket. After that, click Next.

   {
     "Version": "2012-10-17",
     "Statement": [
       {
         "Effect": "Allow",
         "Action": ["s3:GetBucketLocation", "s3:GetObject", "s3:ListBucket", "s3:PutObject"],
         "Resource": [
           "arn:aws:s3:::{your-bucket-name}/*",
           "arn:aws:s3:::{your-bucket-name}"
         ]
       }
     ]
   }

   Note: The s3:PutObject permission is optional, but it's essential if you need to save files to the bucket.

   

4. Enter a meaningful name to identify this policy.

   

5. Create a policy.

Step 3. Create IAM User

1. In the Users tab, click to create user.

2. In the Attach policies directly tab, attach the created policy.

   

3. Click Next, then click Create user.

Step 4. Generate your Access key and Secret Key

1. In the Users tab, open the created User.

2. Go to Security credentials tab and navigate to the Access keys.

   

3. Select third-party service.

   

4. Retrieve Access key & Secret access key