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# Set Up Amazon S3 Connection

After you create your Data 360 instance, you can set up an Amazon S3 connection.

| User Permissions Needed |                                                             |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| To create a connection: | System Admin profile or Data Cloud Architect permission set |

Complete the prerequisite.

- Add the IP addresses from [IP addresses](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_data_cloud_ip_address_allowlist.htm&type=5) to your allowlist to make sure the Amazon S3 Source Connection has necessary access.

1.  In Data Cloud, go to Data Cloud Setup.

2.  Under External Integrations, select **More Connectors**.

3.  Click **New**.

4.  Under Source, select **Amazon S3** and click **Next**.

5.  Enter a connection name, connection API name.

6.  Enter the authentication details.

    If you choose to use Access Key and Secret, click **Access Key/Secret Based**.

    | Field Label    | Description                                  |
    | -------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
    | AWS Access Key | Programmatic username for API access to AWS. |
    | AWS Secret Key | Programmatic password for API access to AWS. |

    If you choose to use IdP, **click Identity Provider Based**. Refer to [Use Identity Provider–Based Authentication for S3 Connectors](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/data/data-cloud-int/guide/c360-a-awss3-connector-idp-settings.md) for more details and enter the values.

    | Field Label   | Description                                                                                                                  |
    | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
    | IAM Role Name | The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) specifying the role.                                                                          |
    | External ID   | It’s auto-generated connection ID. Enter the External ID in the AWS trust policy for the role before testing the connection. |

7.  Enter the connection details.

    | Field Label      | Description                                      |
    | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
    | Bucket Name      | Specific public cloud storage resource in AWS.   |
    | Parent Directory | Parent folder that corresponds to the S3 bucket. |

8.  To review your configuration, click **Test Connection**.

9.  Click **Save**.

You can create data streams for any objects under the parent directory.

## Next Step

- [Create an Amazon S3 Data Stream in Data 360](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/data/data-cloud-int/guide/c360-a-create-awss3-data-stream.md)