To integrate File Protect with Amazon S3, authenticate the connection with the access credentials set up on the storage.
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The credentials are set by the storage administrator in the host platform - Amazon S3. Enter these credentials in the Web UI or CLI to connect to Amazon S3 before you scan a storage.
Amazon S3 creates a user specific to the File Protect appliance in its host. The storage administrator runs the Cloud Formation configuration file on the host. This file contains an access key and secret key. The appliance has access to S3 and SQS services after the authentication with these keys.
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A storage administrator can download the template of the Cloud Formation JSON file from the Web UI or from your company's public Amazon S3 bucket. Along with the credentials, this file has the configurations that define the appliance's interaction with the storage buckets.
You can verify the status of the connection to an Amazon S3 storage on the Status column found on the Storage menu of the Web UI.
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If there are no Amazon S3 storages available on the Storage menu, you can add a storage to verify your connection. Refer to Adding an Amazon S3 storage.
Authenticate the connection between the and the Amazon S3 storage using the Web UI or CLI.