To connect via Amazon S3, navigate to the General panel, expand the drop-down list beside Connection Type, and select Amazon S3 (HTTP or HTTPS).
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Note that the settings displayed on the dialog box will vary depending on which connection type you choose. So it is important that you select the Connection Type first before entering any setting values.
Unlike in the other Connection types, you won't see Host field when you choose Amazon S3. When you select Amazon S3 (whether HTTP or HTTPS) from the drop-down list, AnyClient will know that you want to connect to Amazon Web Services.
Basic Amazon S3 (HTTPS) settings
Unless you're behind a proxy, you'll only need to configure these two settings:
Access Key – Also known as the Access Key ID. This functions like a username.
Secret Key – Also known as the Secret Access Key. This functions like a password.
Once you've assigned the appropriate values to those settings, click the Connect button.
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Assuming everything goes smoothly, the Connect dialog box will close and you'll be brought back to the home screen. Unlike when using other connection types, you may not see anything at the bottom of the home screen that would allow you to monitor the connection process of an Amazon S3 (HTTP/HTTPS) connection. However, you will know you're already connected when the Remote System section activates and you're able to see your AWS buckets, objects and folders.
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Advanced Amazon S3 (HTTPS) settings
Local Directory - The local directory to change to upon establishing a connection.
Remote Directory - The remote directory to change to upon establishing a connection.
Debug - If checked, debug mode is enabled and debug messages will be written to Debug pane and/or specified debug file.
Prompt for password - If checked secret key will not be saved in site profile and user will be prompted for secret key when connecting.
Proxy Settings
If you're having trouble connecting to a server from your office LAN, it's possible that a proxy server is in the way. Contact your network administrator and, after confirming that a proxy indeed exists, ask for the required proxy settings. These are the information you'll need:
Proxy Host – The address and port number for your proxy server. Enter the address into the bigger box and the port number into the smaller box.
Proxy Type – The default is NONE, whereby you don't need to specify any proxy settings. The other two options are SOCKS5 and HTTP. Choose one from the drop-down list.
Proxy User – This is the username required to connect to the proxy server.
Password – This is the corresponding password for that username.
Proxy Domain – This is the domain of your proxy server.
PGP Decryption Settings
Enabled - If checked PGP encrypted files matching regular expression will be automatically decrypted after download.
Filename regex - The regular expression to use to determine whether files are PGP encrypted.
Private key - The private key to use for decrypting PGP encrypted files.
Password - The password protecting the private key.
Public key - The public key to use for verifying the signature on a PGP encrypted file.
Delete source - If checked PGP encrypted files will be deleted after successful decryption.