Amazon S3 - BonData Documentation

S3 Connection Setup

Follow these steps to connect BonData to your S3 bucket.

Step 1: Create an IAM User

Go to the AWS IAM Console

Click Users → Create user

Enter a name (e.g., bondata-s3-access)

Click Next → Attach policies directly

Click Create policy and use one of the policies below

Step 2: Choose a Policy

Specific Folder (Recommended)
Full Bucket Access

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": ["s3:ListBucket"],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::YOUR_BUCKET_NAME",
      "Condition": {
        "StringLike": {
          "s3:prefix": "YOUR_PREFIX/*"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": ["s3:GetObject", "s3:PutObject"],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::YOUR_BUCKET_NAME/YOUR_PREFIX/*"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": ["s3:ListBucket"],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::YOUR_BUCKET_NAME"
    },
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": ["s3:GetObject", "s3:PutObject"],
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::YOUR_BUCKET_NAME/*"
    }
  ]
}

Replace YOUR_BUCKET_NAME and YOUR_PREFIX with your actual values.

Step 3: Create Access Keys

Go to your new user → Security credentials tab

Click Create access key

Select Third-party service → Next

Copy the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key

Step 4: Enter Credentials

Enter the Access Key ID and Secret Access Key in BonData.

Field	Description
Bucket Name	The name of the S3 bucket (e.g., my-data-bucket)
Prefix	Optional folder path (e.g., data/exports)
Access Key ID	The public identifier for your AWS IAM credentials
Secret Access Key	The private key paired with your Access Key ID

Field

Description

Bucket Name

The name of the S3 bucket (e.g., my-data-bucket)

Prefix

Optional folder path (e.g., data/exports)

Access Key ID

The public identifier for your AWS IAM credentials

Secret Access Key

The private key paired with your Access Key ID

​S3 Connection Setup

​Step 1: Create an IAM User

​Step 2: Choose a Policy

​Step 3: Create Access Keys

​Step 4: Enter Credentials

​Required Fields

S3 Connection Setup

Step 1: Create an IAM User

Step 2: Choose a Policy

Step 3: Create Access Keys

Step 4: Enter Credentials

Required Fields