• Here’s a simple step-by-step guide to help you create an S3 bucket on AWS and get the access credentials.
• The official AWS documentation for creating an S3 bucket Click Here
• Sign in to the AWS Management Console, then go to the Amazon S3 Console using this link: https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/
• Once you're logged into your AWS account, you'll see the main dashboard where you can explore various AWS services.
• In the top search bar, type “S3”, and you'll see Amazon S3 appear in the search results (as shown in the image below). Click on it to open the S3 console.

• Now, click the "Create bucket" button located at the top right corner of the S3 console (as shown in the image below).

• This will open a setup wizard to create a new bucket, where you'll need to fill in a few details like the bucket name.

• Select the "ACLs disabled" option.

• Then, scroll down to see more settings.

• Then, uncheck all the checkboxes under "Block Public Access settings for this bucket" to allow public access.
• Next, a confirmation checkbox will appear. Check this box to confirm your changes (refer to the image below for guidance).

• Don’t change anything else on this page—just leave the other settings as they are.
• Then scroll down and click the "Create bucket" button to finish setting it up.

• After the bucket is created, you’ll be taken to a new page. You’ll see a green success message at the top, and your newly created bucket will appear in the list below.

• Click on the bucket name from the list, then go to the "Permissions" tab to manage access settings.

• Then, scroll down until you find the "Bucket policy" section under the Permissions tab.
• Click on the "Edit" button next to the Bucket policy section to add or update the policy.

• We’ll add a few lines of text (bucket policy) in that field. The policy is provided below.

                      {
                        "Version": "2012-10-17",
                        "Statement": [
                          {
                            "Sid": "PublicReadGetObject",
                            "Effect": "Allow",
                            "Principal": "*",
                            "Action": "s3:GetObject",
                            "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::demobucket069/*"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                        

• Make sure to update the bucket name in the policy exactly as shown in the example image (highlighted in green). It must match your actual bucket name.
• After adding the policy, scroll down and click the "Save changes" button to apply it.

• Now, we need to get the necessary AWS credentials.
  • AWS_BUCKET_NAME
  • AWS_REGION
  • AWS_ENDPOINT
  • AWS_HOSTNAME
  • AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
  • AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

• Please follow the steps below to get the credentials mentioned above. These will allow your project to securely access the S3 bucket.

Step 1 : How to get "AWS_BUCKET" and "AWS_REGION" from AWS S3 bucket

• Go to the S3 section in your AWS account.
• You’ll see your bucket listed there.
• From this page, you can find:
  • AWS_BUCKET (your bucket name)
  • AWS_REGION (the region where the bucket is hosted)
• Now you’ve successfully got your AWS_BUCKET and AWS_REGION values. (Refer to the image below)

Step 2 : How to get "AWS_ENDPOINT" and "AWS_HOSTNAME" from AWS S3 bucket

• Go to the S3 section in your AWS account.
• You’ll see your bucket listed there.
• From this page, you can find:
  • AWS_HOSTNAME: Format – https://{bucket-name}.s3.{region}.amazonaws.com Example – https://demobucket069.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com
  • AWS_ENDPOINT: Format – https://s3.{region}.amazonaws.com Example – https://s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com
• Now, make sure to keep those two credentials (AWS_ENDPOINT and AWS_HOSTNAME) safe. You'll need them to activate and use the AWS S3 storage in your project.

Step 3 : How to get "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" and "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" from AWS S3 bucket

• Go to the search bar at the top of the AWS console and type “IAM”.
• From the results, click on the IAM service (as shown in the image below). Then, go to the "Users" section in the IAM dashboard.

• In the left sidebar, click on “Users”
• Click on the blue “Add users” button
• Set a username (e.g., s3-user)
• Click Next (Refer to the image below)

• You will see a step called "Set permissions"
• Choose Attach policies directly
• In the permissions step, type "AmazonS3FullAccess" in the search box, then check the box next to it to give full S3 access.
• Click Next

• In the "Review and create" step, click on "Create user".

• Once the user is created, you will see them listed on the next screen. Find and select your new user from that list.

• Click on the user name
• On the user summary page, click “Security credentials” tab

• Scroll to the “Access keys” section
• Click “Create access key”

• Choose Use cases (select “Application running outside AWS”)

• Step 2: (Optional) You can add a description tag if you want, or just skip this step.

• Then Click On, Create access key
• You'll now see:
  • Access key ID
  • Secret access key

• Download the .csv file or copy both values securely — you cannot see the secret again later!
• Now the bucket is fully configured, and you have all the necessary details and credentials needed to start using it.