Getting Your Credentials and Tools

Each job has a set of credentials that you must get from the AWS Snow Family Management Console or the job management API to authenticate your access to the Snowball. These credentials are an encrypted manifest file and an unlock code. The manifest file contains important information about the job and permissions associated with it.

Note

You get your credentials after the device is in transit to you. You can see the status of your job in the AWS Snow Family Management Console. For more information, see Job Statuses.

To get your credentials using the console

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Snow Family Management Console.

2. On the console, search the table for the specific job to download the job manifest for, and then choose that job.

3. Expand that job's Job status pane, and choose View job details.

4. In the details pane that appears, expand Credentials and then do the following:

   • Make a note of the unlock code (including the hyphens), because you need to provide all 29 characters to transfer data.

   • In the dialog box, choose Download manifest, and follow the instructions to download the job manifest file to your computer. The name of your manifest file includes your Job ID.

   Note

   We recommend that you don't save a copy of the unlock code in the same location in the workstation as the manifest for that job. For more information, see Best Practices for the AWS Snowball Edge Device.

Now that you have your credentials, the next step is to download the Snowball Edge client, which is used to unlock the AWS Snowball Edge device.

Next: Downloading and Installing the Snowball Edge client