# S3 Connections

#### Connecting to Amazon S3

The following params are required to connect to Amazon AWS S3.

<table><thead><tr><th width="328.3333333333333">Key</th><th width="185">Example</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>endpoint__amazon_s3_access_key_id</td><td>AKIAIOSFODNN7</td><td>The IAM access key from the AWS management interface. </td></tr><tr><td>endpoint__amazon_s3_access_secret_key</td><td>AKIAIOSFODNN7AKIAIOSFODNN7AKIAIOSFODNN7</td><td>The corresponding secret for the key provided above.</td></tr><tr><td>endpoint__amazon_s3_bucket</td><td>bucket-1</td><td>The bucket name</td></tr></tbody></table>

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#### To connect to another S3 provider

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| Key                                             | Example                                 | Description           |
| ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------- | --------------------- |
| endpoint\_\_s3\_compatible\_endpoint\_url       | <https://bucket1.s3.provider.com>       | The connection URL    |
| endpoint\_\_s3\_compatible\_bucket              | bucket1                                 | The bucket name       |
| endpoint\_\_s3\_compatible\_access\_key\_id     | AKIAIOSFODNN7                           | The access key id     |
| endpoint\_\_s3\_compatible\_access\_secret\_key | AKIAIOSFODNN7AKIAIOSFODNN7AKIAIOSFODNN7 | The access key secret |


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