# Amazon S3

Source: https://flywp.com/docs/site/backups/amazon-s3/

## How to Create an S3 User in AWS

**Prerequisites**: Ensure you have an active AWS account and are logged into the <a href="https://console.aws.amazon.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AWS Management Console</a>.

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**Step 1:** Open IAM (Identity and Access Management). Navigate to the services tab and click on `IAM` or search for `IAM` in the search bar.   
**Step 2:** Navigate to Users. On the left-hand sidebar under “**Access management**“, click on `Users`.  
**Step 3:** Create a New User. On the `Users` page, click on the `Create user` button, highlighted in the screenshot below.

![](https://flywp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/amazon-s3-user-list-1024x595.png)

**Step 4:** Specify User Details. Enter a unique user name for the new S3 user. In the example, the user name is `flywp-backup`.

![](https://flywp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/amazon-s3-create-user-1024x679.png)

**Step 5:** Set Permissions

1. Choose the method to set permissions. For this example, we’ll use **Attach policies directly**.
2. In the search bar, enter **s3** to filter out the S3 related policies.
3. Select the policy named `AmazonS3FullAccess` for full S3 access.

![](https://flywp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/amazon-s3-attach-policy-1024x729.png)

**Step 6:** Review and Create

Review your choices. After verifying the user details and permissions, click on the **Create user** button.

![](https://flywp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/amazon-s3-review-user-1024x735.png)

Next, you will be presented with a success message screen showing the user has been created. Click the **View user** button to go into the user details.

![](https://flywp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/amazon-s3-user-created-1024x653.png)

Navigate to the “**Security credentials**” tab where we will create the Access Keys for our newly created user.

![](https://flywp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/amazon-s3-security-tab-1024x641.png)

On the “**Access keys**” tab, click “**Create access key**” button to get started with creating the key.

![](https://flywp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/amazon-s3-access-key-section-1024x664.png)

Select “**Third-party service**” on the “**Use case**” selection.

![](https://flywp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/amazon-s3-key-use-case-1024x767.png)

Now you will be presented with setting an optional tag, you may use it or skip this part. Then click “**Create access key**” to get the credentials.

![](https://flywp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/amazon-s3-key-set-tag-1024x530.png)

Finally we will get the “**Access key**” and “**Secret access key**“. Note this down, you’ll not see the **Secret access key** again. We will need these keys to configure our S3 FlyWP Backup Provider.

![](https://flywp.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/amazon-s3-key-created-1024x715.png)