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Amazon S3

Amazon S3

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is an object storage service that offers industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance.

If you select Amazon S3 from the Storage section, configure the following details:

Register bucket
Field Description
Display name Enter the name to be displayed.
Bucket name Enter your existing object storage bucket name.
Region Select the region where the storage is available.
Endpoint Enter the endpoint URL.
Access key Enter your access key.
Secret key Enter your secret key.
Connection Status Click the Test connection link to test the storage connection. If the connection is successful, a success message appears.
Associate Catalog Select the checkbox to add a catalog for your storage. This catalog is associated with your storage and serves as your query interface with the data stored within.
Activate now Activate the storage immediately or activate it later.
Catalog type Select the catalog type from the list. The recommended catalog is Apache Iceberg. The other options for catalog are Apache Hive, Apache Hudi, and Delta Lake.
Catalog name Enter the name of your catalog.
Create Click Create to create the storage.