To ingest content via S3, perform the following steps:
1.Open your account, and click Storage Credentials.
2. Click the Generate Access key button to generate the access keys specific to your account. You can access your S3 storage using this key.
The Generate Access Key window is displayed with the details of your access key and secret key.
Note: The access key is unique for an account holder.
3. Copy this secret key to the clipboard and save it for future use. The details of your access key id and secret key are also available in a CSV format. Click the DOWNLOAD CSV button to download it, and save it for future use.
Note: If you proceed ahead without copying this secret key, it will disappear from the screen and cannot be accessed anymore.
The STORAGE CREDENTIALS window is displayed with the access details.
You can now upload your assets directly to S3 using these credentials to access the S3 bucket.
To generate a new access key:
Click the REGENERATE ACCESS KEY button.
Click CONFIRM if you wish to proceed ahead.
3. Follow steps 3 to 4 mentioned in the Add an ingestion source via S3 section.
Once done, a new access key will be generated. Your old key will be disabled and becomes inactive, and the new key becomes active. You can generate as many keys as required following these steps.
Only one key will be active at a time. The active key sits on the top of the list followed by the one that became recently inactive, and so on.