Configuring AWS S3 connector in dashboard

Complete following steps to add the credentials created in previous section and then setup the scan configuration:

Steps

  1. Navigate to Administration > Data Sources > AWS S3 > New Credentials.
  2. Provide the Credential Name, Access key, and Secret Access Key generated in the previous section from the AWS application.
  3. After entering the values, you can either just SAVE & CLOSE or you can proceed onto creating a scan configuration by clicking SAVE & CREATE SCAN.
  4. On the tab Scan configurations, click New Configuration, next enter the Name and select the Credentials created in above steps. Select SPECIFIC PATH and then select the Folder icon in Path to select a particular bucket to scan, or leave the path as empty to scan all buckets. An example is shown below:
    If you want to scan all buckets, you can also select ENTIRE DATA SOURCE.
  5. Next, click SAVE & CLOSE to just save the configuration or you can start the scan by clicking START FILE SCAN.
  6. The scan results can be viewed under Dashboard > Access Governance.