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Amazon S3 Third Party Bucket

Any research concept or idea gains momentum only when it reaches the intended audience in an emphatic way. Any thought can not be worthwhile if it remains confined with originator’s world. The real world must be told about it, so that it can help masses and attain success.

As we know that Internet is most powerful medium to circulate information around the globe. So information shared using Internet reach the masses. No matter what kind of work you do, you can let the world know about your research or creation with the help of amazing tool provided by Bucket Explorer’s third party bucket facility. Scroll down to learn more about it

So, what is Third Party Bucket?

"Third Party Bucket" is the Amazon S3's functionality by which S3 users can share buckets and their contents with intended people. This is achieved merely by setting the Access Permission in bucket’s ACL option .
Following are the steps:

  •  Set Access Permissions

    Before creating a "Third Party Bucket" you have to plan about access permissions, in other words what outsiders can do with your bucket's object in your bucket.

    There can be two type of people with whom you would like to share a bucket .

    1. Non Amazon Users

      Read Set this option if you wish to grant Read Only privilege to All Users. User can also download the file.
      Read & Write Set this option if you wish to allow users to upload their objects along with Read permission.
      Downloading is also on by default.
      Read Write & Read ACP If you wish to let user know about ACL’s set to bucket and its object. Set this option.
      User can only view all ACL status.
      Full permission As clear by the title, set this permission to authenticate user to enjoy all rights to the bucket.
      Now user can also set permissions.

    2. Amazon S3 Users

      If user holds Amazon S3 account , simply add email address of intended user on bucket operation and set appropriate permissions. Your bucket will be added to user’s account as third party bucket. This bucket can be used by user as per permissions set by you. At least Read permission must be given to user.

  • Announcement of Third Party Bucket

    After all permissions have been set, you must announce about existence and contents of your third party bucket. You can advertise through email, snail mail phone sms fax or any medium that suits you.

To make others use your Third Party Bucket, follow the steps mentioned below :

  1. Right click on bucket which you want to mark as Third party bucket.
  2. From menu choose “ Update Bucket's Access Control List ” option.
  3. Set permissions as mentioned above.
  4. Amazon S3 users can add your bucket in their GUI as a third party bucket.

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