Note: this post applies to any version of CloudBerry Explorer.
A few month ago Amazon redesigned AWS website to make it a little easier to use. However, due to the huge amount of information it is easy to get lost for the first time. In this article we will show how to get AWS Access Key ID and Secret Access Key and register with CloudBerry S3 Explorer.
In fact, this is very easy. Click on Account link at the top right corner and then to Security Credentials link.
You will get to the Security Credentials Page. Scroll down to the Access Credentials section and you will see your Access Key ID. To see your Secret Access Key you need to click Show link.
Now open CloudBerry Explorer, go to File | Amazon S3 Accounts in the program menu. Click Add and copy your keys from AWS website to the form as shown on the screen below. You can enter whatever you want to Display name box – it is just for your reference and it is useful when you have more than one account. You may also want to click Test Connection button to make sure they keys are entered properly. If connection fails it is an indication that they keys are incorrectly entered. Click OK and enjoy your Amazon S3 account!
CloudBerry S3 Explorer is a Windows freeware product that helps managing Amazon S3 storage and CloudFront . You can download it at http://cloudberrylab.com/
CloudBerry S3 Explorer PRO is a Windows program that helps managing Amazon S3 storage and CloudFront . You can download it at http://cloudberrylab.com/ It is currently in beta and free for all users. You can download it at http://cloudberrylab.com/
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2 comments:
I have been enjoying watching your product line evolve over time, and was considering using one of your products to take over for my current KeepVault subscription when it expires. But then you went and posted an easily-extractable set of AWS credentials in your blog post. This obviously leaves me greatly concerned about your views on security, something which to me is very important when it comes to discussion of cloud backups.
You would be well advised to either clarify that those keys are in fact faked in your screenshots (I hope that's the case!), from some dedicated testing account (that would be fine too!) or to update your screenshots to properly obscure them and then get your AWS keys changed, seeing as they would have been exposed to the world.
On a related note, and this is unfortunate, you've almost surely lost me as a potential customer if those keys were anything other than entirely faked. To be clear, that's not meant to be snarky but rather to provide you with a piece of meaningful feedback.
Hi, Thank you for your feedback! This is indeed a demo account and the security key is modified already. We actually have some screencasts where the keys are just visible, but we certainly change the key and even close the accounts after such recordings. Thanks once again and we hope you will stay our customer!
Andy
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