Linking Amazon S3 with Couchdrop requires an existing Amazon Web Services account, security keys and a private bucket in S3.
Once you have an S3 bucket ready to go, navigate to your Couchdrop Portal and navigate to your Storage on the left navigation menu
Click Connect Storage and select Amazon S3 from the dropdown
You will need the following information.
| Path | Optional - This is the mount path for where this bucket will sit within your Couchdrop virtual file system. If left blank, it will become the root directory. |
| Sub Path | Optional - Use this if you need to access a sub path/folder within your storage and have this set as your 'root' location within your storage bucket. |
| AWS S3 Access Key | For information on where to find these details, see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/managing-aws-access-keys.html |
| AWS S3 Secret Key | For information on where to find these details, see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/managing-aws-access-keys.html |
| Your Bucket Name | This is the plain name of your AWS S3 bucket, i.e. "Engineering" |
Once configured, click Save. You can begin transferring files to and from S3 with Couchdrop.
| SFTP Hostname | sftp.couchdrop.io |
| SFTP Credentials | Couchdrop credentials |
For further assistance, please email support@couchdrop.io