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Transfer AWS s3 resources from one account to other AWS s3 account

Step 1: Get Security Credentials

Get your AWS account Security Credentials.

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Obtain AWS_SECRET_KEY and AWS_ACCESS_KEY from the security page. We can find it here or you can generate a new one.

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Step 2: Install AWS CLI

Easiest way to install aws cli is using Homebrew using command -

brew install awscli

Step 3: Configure AWS CLI

Configure AWS CLI with the following command,

aws configure

It will prompt you following details. Use the credentials obtained in the Step 1.

AWS Access Key ID : XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
AWS Secret Access Key : XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Default region name [us-east-1]: us-east-1
Default output format [json]: json

Step 4:

To Sync particular bucket content to your current folder use the following command:

aws s3 sync s3://your-bucket-name .

This will sync the bucket contents in your current folder.

Thanks for Reading, Hope you found this helpful!

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