# AWS S3 or any other S3-compatible storage provider

AWS S3 is a robust storage solution that is widely used by businesses of all sizes for various applications, from data backup to content delivery.

## Steps to configure AWS S3 external storage as a Storage alias:

1. Click on the **+Add connection** button in the AWS S3 section
2. In the pop-up window submit a request to the Support team. Please provide the following details:
   1. **Bucket name** - the name of your S3 bucket (the folder within AWS S3 where files are stored).
   2. **Region** - the location of the bucket
   3. **Alias** - the value of the storage alias you would like to use to hide the S3 bucket path behind it. 
   4. **Key ID** & **Secret key** (optional) - the authentication credentials for access to the bucket

{% hint style="info" %}
If your images are stored in a bucket named **mysamplebucket** , at the **eu-central-1** region and you can access **image.jpg** with the following URL:\
//s3.**eu-central-1**.amazonaws.com/**mysamplebucket**/**image.jpg ,**\
after the alias configuration your image would be accessible at filepath\
**<https://token.filerobot.com/\\_mysamplebucket\\_/image.jpg>**
{% endhint %}

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{% hint style="info" %}
Each alias should be unique for the project (token) and must be prefixed and suffixed with underscores.
{% endhint %}


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