Overview
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) Connector is built to connect to Amazon S3 for transferring of various sensitive data like files, directory systems from and into S3 Cloud storage system. DBSync Amazon S3 connector supports four kind of operations.
Upload File : facilitate reading of file from local file system and writing to Amazon S3 cloud storage .
Upload Directory: facilitate reading of designated directory from local file system and writing to Amazon S3 cloud storage.
Download File: facilitate reading of file from Amazon S3 cloud storage and writing to local file system.
Download Directory: facilitate reading of designated directory from Amazon S3 cloud storage and writing to local file system.
Prerequisites
To establish a connection to Amazon Simple Storage Service via Amazon S3 connector, do the following.
- Having a valid license to DBSync Amazon S3 connector, username and password to connect to DBSync iPaaS platform.
- Have your access key id and secret access key.
Connector Configurations
This connector has the following parameters that need to be set during connector configuration, fill in all the required parameters so as to open the connection between DBSync and Amazon S3.
Property | Description | Required | Default Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Class Name | A bucket is a logical unit of storage in Amazon Web Service. Buckets are used to store objects, which consists of data and metadata which describes the data. | Yes | awsS3Adapter |
User Name | Amazon user access key ID | Yes | |
Password | Amazon user secret access key | Yes |
After a connector is created with in a project, setup the connector within the project. DBSync can map to and from the systems which are supported by our standard connector list and use Amazon S3 connector to retrieve data from or send data to Amazon S3.
click on the following link to know which all connectors we support Connectors List
Uses Of Amazon S3 Connector
The following are some of the benefits while using Amazon S3 connector.
- Scheduled auto back ups and archives from file systems,databases to Amazon S3 and there by reducing manual intervention.
- Improve file sharing capacity between database and Amazon S3.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is Amazon S3?
A: Amazon simple storage service is the storage for the internet. It has a simple web service interface that can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data,at any time, from any where on the web.
Q: How does DBSync connect to Amazon S3?
A: DBSync connects to Amazon S3 through connector called Amazon S3 connector which has inbuilt API methods that opens a connection to the Amazon storage for reading and writing data in and out of platform.
Q: Does DBSync need to be installed on the same machine as that of Amazon S3?
A: The answer is no as both of the platforms are available through cloud and if required can also be installed on-premise.
Related Reference
The below are the reference links listed to learn more about Amazon S3 offerings .