AWS Quick Start Guide: Back Up Your Files to Amazon Simple Storage Service

Welcome to the AWS Quick Start Guide: Back Up Your Files to Amazon Simple Storage Service. You can use Amazon S3 to store and retrieve any amount of data at any time, from anywhere on the web. By completing the steps in this quick start guide, you will successfully create a new S3 bucket, add a file to it, retrieve this file, and finally delete it, all within the AWS Free Tier.

In order to complete this quick start guide, you must have an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account. When you sign up for AWS, your AWS account is automatically signed up for all services in AWS, including Amazon S3. If you don't have an AWS account, use the following procedure to create one.

To sign up for AWS

1. Open https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup.

2. Follow the online instructions.

   Part of the sign-up procedure involves receiving a phone call and entering a verification code on the phone keypad.

   When you sign up for an AWS account, an AWS account root user is created. The root user has access to all AWS services and resources in the account. As a security best practice, assign administrative access to an administrative user, and use only the root user to perform tasks that require root user access.

This quick start guide includes the following topics:

• Step 1: Create an Amazon S3 Bucket

• Step 2: Upload a File to Your Amazon S3 Bucket

• Step 3: Retrieve a File from Your Amazon S3 Bucket

• Step 4: Delete a File From Your Amazon S3 Bucket

For more information about Amazon S3, see the Amazon Simple Storage Service Documentation.