====== Getting your data into Amazon S3 ======


==== Frequently asked questions ====

=== How do I set up the transfer to Amazon S3? ===
  - You go to https://onboard.windsor.ai/
  - On the destination page, you select Amazon S3
  - You fill in the fields
  - As a connector URL you can use any URL providing a JSON or CSV. Either from the connectors or for example a URL with cached and transformed data from //charts.windsor.ai//

=== How do I set up my Amazon AWS S3 account? ===
First of all, you have to have an Amazon AWS account with S3 enabled. If you do, go to the Amazon S3 Console (https://s3.console.aws.amazon.com/) and create a bucket. 

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It can be named anything you want.

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Customise the settings and click Create Bucket at the bottom of the page.

=== How do I create the S3 access key? ===

Now that you have created the S3 bucket you need to create an access key so that data your windsor.ai data pipelines can push data into S3. To do so:
  * Head to the IAM Console (https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/home
  * From the navigation menu, click Users.
  * Select your IAM user name.
  * Click User Actions, and then click Manage Access Keys.
  * Click Create Access Key.
  * Your keys will look something like this:
    * Access key ID example: **ASDFSADQQWRQSDFASAS**
    * Secret access key example: **asdfAwehwe4fv/K8QWEC/AVNHTWDFAadRr565**


On the https://onboard.windsor.ai/ select AWS S3 as a destination and paste your bucket name, S3 access key and S3 secret key to the corresponding fields.