Step 5 : Transfer to S3

So, we want to transfer the whole content of our my-fg-ovpn-s3 folder to our S3 bucket : we can do it "manually" in AWS S3 Console, and we can also do it in one go with CloudBerry Explorer for Amazon S3 (I'll call it CBES3).

While manual upload with the S3 Console is straightforward (with the "Upload" and "Create Folder" very obvious buttons), it is a bit tedious, so I prefer using CBES3, especially as it enables me to overwrite files easily, manage my bandwidth (Tools/Options menu) and even "sync" changes if I want - which I generally don't as I prefer to keep initiative on what is transfered when and where...

Define account in CBES3

To use CBES3 we need an AWS user authorized on our S3 bucket with AWS "Access Key ID + Secret Key", to define a "Storage Account" in CBES3 :

We'll give a Display name to our S3 "storage account" and our AWS Access Key and Secret Key :

A quick click on "Test Connection" to check the access is granted, then the OK button takes us to our list of Registered Accounts, that we can close.

The "Double Explorer" GUI

On the left side of the main GUI window, after a 🔄 refresh of "my computer", we navigate to our source folder :

On the right side we select our S3 "storage account", which will show us our single, lonely, empty bucket :

Let's double-click it and we'll be ready to drag-and-drop :

==> S3 bucket ready !

The result as seen in the AWS S3 Console :