In this article we will see steps to create a s3 bucket.
AWS S3
Amazon S3 is an object storage service by AWS which offers scalability, high availability, security, and performance on your data.
Here data is stored in buckets and we can dump any type and amount of data.
More about S3 — https://aws.amazon.com/s3/
S3 Types
There are many S3 variants provided by AWS but most commons are -
- S3 Standard
- S3 Intelligent Tiering
- S3 Glacier
… More here — https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes
Login to AWS Account
You can signup for free tier account if you don’t already have an account with AWS. AWS provides free tier for 12 months for certain types of services and EC2 instances.
Login to AWS console.
# Create S3 Bucket
Go to S3 Service Page (using either of below options)
# Using Recently visited section (Initially Recently visited section will be blank) — Select S3 as shown in image
# Using Search bar — Type S3 and select service
Create S3 Bucket
Click on Create bucket
Select all default configurations and create. It will create new bucket and will be visible in your buckets grid.
Congratulations. Your first bucket is created.
Expand bucket details by Click on bucket name.
Now you can go and upload your files in it.
Manually add the files and folders you want to upload to S3. To upload a file larger than 160GB, use the AWS CLI, AWS SDK or Amazon S3 REST API.
Happy Learning.
