Working with Multiple Amazon S3 Accounts

• How to add a new Amazon S3 account
• How to switch between accounts
• How to Edit/Delete accounts

To Add an Amazon S3 Account

With S3 Browser you can easily work with multiple Amazon S3 accounts from the same user interface.

1. Start S3 Browser and click Accounts -> Add New Account.

Click Accounts -> Add New Account to add new account.

Add New Amazon S3 Account dialog will open:

Add New Amazon S3 Account dialog.

2. Fill out account details:

• Account Name - you can assign any name to your Account.
• Account Type - S3 Browser supports multiple storages, choose the storage you want to work with. The following storages are supported for now:
  • Amazon S3 Storage
  • S3-Compatible Storage
  • Amazon S3 in China
  • Amazon S3 GovCloud Storage
  • Amazon S3 GovCloud Storage (FIPS-140-2)
  • Amazon S3 on EC2 via IAM Role
  • Amazon S3 (Credentials from Environment Variables)
  • Amazon S3 (Credentials from AWS Config or Crendential file)
• Access Key ID and Secret Access Key - Access Keys are used to sign the requests you send to Amazon S3. If you need help in retrieving your Access Keys, please check out the following article: AWS Access Keys .
• Encrypt Access Keys with a password - Turn this option on if you want to protect your Access Key ID and Secret Access Key with a master password. You will be asked for a master password each time you start S3 Browser.
• Use secure transfer (SSL/TLS) - Turn this option on if you would like to encrypt all communications with the storage.

3. Click Add new account.

To Switch between Accounts

You can easily switch between accounts by clicking Accounts -> Account Name.

Click Accounts -> Account Name to switch to another account.

If account credentials are password-protected, S3 Browser will ask you to enter the password.

Enter password to decrypt your credentials and click OK.

To edit or delete an Account

1. Click Accounts->Manage Accounts..

Click Accounts -> Manage Accounts to open Accounts Manager

Storage Accounts dialog will open:

Storage Accounts dialog allows you to view/edit/delete accounts.

2. Select the Account you want to edit and click the Edit button if you want to edit the Account properties or Delete button if you want to delete the Account.

If you have clicked the Edit button Edit Account Dialog will appear:

Edit Account Dialog allows you to edit selected account.

3. After editing Account properties click Save Changes to confirm changes or Cancel to reset any changes you made.

4. Click Save Changes to save changes and close Accounts Manager or click Cancel to close Account Manager without saving any changes.