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# S3 Read File connection method

An Amazon **S3 bucket** is a public cloud storage resource available in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Simple Storage Service (**S3**), an object storage offering. Amazon **S3 buckets**, which are similar to file folders, store objects, which consist of data and its descriptive metadata.  


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Specify your **Access Key Id,** **Secret Access Key, Bucket name,** **Directory&Filename** fields for connecting from **Amazon S3 Storage** to the store.  
  
# How do you get the Access Key Id and Secret Access Key?

1. You need to open the IAM console at (https://console.aws.amazon.com/iam/)

2. Then, open the **navigation menu** and choose **Users**.

3. You should choose your IAM user name (not the check box).

4. After that, open the **Security credentials** tab and then choose to **Create access key**.

5. To see the new access key, choose **Show**. Your credentials resemble the following:

* Access key ID: `AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE`
    
* Secret access key: `wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY`

6. Please specify which **Bucket Name** clearly, for accessing the correct bucket.

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||| You should UNABLE ALL the boxes above to ensure they work in Stock Sync

7. Depends on the user for filling this field for additional settings for giving a specific path for the feed file.

8. The **File Format** field is set to **Auto** where Stock Sync auto-detects the file format or can also choose the type of file format.

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9. By default **First Row Header** is disabled. If there’s a header on the file, need to enable this option.

10. Lastly, click on the test connection.