Amazon S3
The Amazon S3 connector provides SQL access to Amazon S3 Buckets and objects.
Before you begin
Before using the Amazon S3 connector, do the following tasks:
- In your Google Cloud project:
- Grant the roles/connectors.admin IAM role to the user configuring the connector.
- Grant the following IAM roles to the service account that you want to use for the connector:
roles/secretmanager.viewer
roles/secretmanager.secretAccessor
A service account is a special type of Google account intended to represent a non-human user that needs to authenticate and be authorized to access data in Google APIs. If you don't have a service account, you must create a service account. For more information, see Creating a service account.
- Enable the following services:
secretmanager.googleapis.com
(Secret Manager API)connectors.googleapis.com
(Connectors API)
To understand how to enable services, see Enabling services.
If these services or permissions have not been enabled for your project previously, you are prompted to enable them when configuring the connector.
Configure the connector
Configuring the connector requires you to create a connection to your data source (backend system). A connection is specific to a data source. It means that if you have many data sources, you must create a separate connection for each data source. To create a connection, do the following steps:
- In the Cloud console, go to the Integration Connectors > Connections page and then select or create a Google Cloud project.
- Click + Create new to open the Create Connection page.
- In the Location section, choose the location for the connection.
- Region: Select a location from the drop-down list.
Supported regions for connectors include:
For the list of all the supported regions, see Locations.
- Click Next.
- Region: Select a location from the drop-down list.
- In the Connection Details section, complete the following:
- Connector: Select Amazon S3 from the drop down list of available Connectors.
- Connector version: Select the Connector version from the drop down list of available versions.
- In the Connection Name field, enter a name for the Connection instance.
Connection names must meet the following criteria:
- Connection names can use letters, numbers, or hyphens.
- Letters must be lower-case.
- Connection names must begin with a letter and end with a letter or number.
- Connection names cannot exceed 49 characters.
- Optionally, enter a Description for the connection instance.
- Optionally, enable Cloud logging,
and then select a log level. By default, the log level is set to
Error
. - Service Account: Select a service account that has the required roles.
- Optionally, configure the Connection node settings:
- Minimum number of nodes: Enter the minimum number of connection nodes.
- Maximum number of nodes: Enter the maximum number of connection nodes.
A node is a unit (or replica) of a connection that processes transactions. More nodes are required to process more transactions for a connection and conversely, fewer nodes are required to process fewer transactions. To understand how the nodes affect your connector pricing, see Pricing for connection nodes. If you don't enter any values, by default the minimum nodes are set to 2 (for better availability) and the maximum nodes are set to 50.
- AWS Region: Region where your Amazon S3 instance is hosted
- Optionally, click + Add label to add a label to the Connection in the form of a key/value pair.
- Click Next.
- In the Destinations section, enter details of the remote host (backend system) you want to connect to.
- Destination Type: Select a Destination Type.
- Select Host address from the list to specify the hostname or IP address of the destination.
- If you want to establish a private connection to your backend systems, select Endpoint attachment from the list, and then select the required endpoint attachment from the Endpoint Attachment list.
If you want to establish a public connection to your backend systems with additional security, you can consider configuring static outbound IP addresses for your connections, and then configure your firewall rules to allowlist only the specific static IP addresses.
To enter additional destinations, click +Add destination.
- Click Next.
- Destination Type: Select a Destination Type.
-
In the Authentication section, enter the authentication details.
- Select an Authentication type and enter the relevant details.
The following authentication types are supported by the Amazon S3 connection:
- Root credentials
- AWS IAM Roles
- AWS Temporary Credentials
- Click Next.
To understand how to configure these authentication types, see Configure authentication.
- Select an Authentication type and enter the relevant details.
- Review: Review your connection and authentication details.
- Click Create.
Configure authentication
Enter the details based on the authentication you want to use.
-
Root credentials
To authenticate using account root credentials.
- AWS Access Key: The access key of the root user
- AWS Access Secret: The secret key of the root user
-
AWS IAM Roles
To authenticate using an AWS IAM role.
- AWS Access Key: The access key of the IAM user to assume the role for
- AWS Access Secret: The secret key of the IAM user to assume the role for
- AWS Role ARN: Specify the Role ARN for the role you'd like to authenticate with. Only credentials for the specified role would be retrieved.
- AWS External Id: Required only when you assume a role in another account.
-
AWS Temporary Credentials
To authenticate using temporary credentials
- AWS Access Key: The access key of the IAM user to assume the role for
- AWS Access Secret: The secret key of the IAM user to assume the role for
- AWS Session Token: This is generated alonside the temporary credentials.
- AWS Role ARN: Specify the Role ARN for the role you'd like to authenticate with. Only credentials for the specified role would be retrieved.
- AWS External Id: Required only when you assume a role in another account.
Entities, operations, and actions
All the Integration Connectors provide a layer of abstraction for the objects of the connected application. You can access an application's objects only through this abstraction. The abstraction is exposed to you as entities, operations, and actions.
- Entity: An entity can be thought of as an object, or a collection of properties, in the
connected application or service. The definition of an entity differs from a connector to a
connector. For example, in a database connector, tables are the entities, in a
file server connector, folders are the entities, and in a messaging system connector,
queues are the entities.
However, it is possible that a connector doesn't support or have any entities, in which case the
Entities
list will be empty. - Operation: An operation is the activity that you can perform on an entity. You can perform
any of the following operations on an entity:
Selecting an entity from the available list, generates a list of operations available for the entity. For a detailed description of the operations, see the Connectors task's entity operations. However, if a connector doesn't support any of the entity operations, such unsupported operations aren't listed in the
Operations
list. - Action: An action is a first class function that is made available to the integration
through the connector interface. An action lets you make changes to an entity or entities, and
vary from connector to connector. Normally, an action will have some input parameters, and an output
parameter. However, it is possible
that a connector doesn't support any action, in which case the
Actions
list will be empty.
Actions
This section lists some of the actions supported by the connector. To understand how to configure the actions, see Action examples.
CopyObject action
This action lets you copy an object from one bucket to another bucket or within the same bucket.
Input parameters of the CopyObject action
Parameter Name | Data Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
BucketSource | String | Yes | Bucket name where the object should be copied from. |
ObjectSource | Object | Yes | Name of the object that should be copied. |
BucketDestination | String | Yes | Bucket name where the object should be copied to. |
ObjectDestination | String | No | Name of the object in the destination bucket. If not specified, the name will be the same as the original name. |
Output parameters of the CopyObject action
This action returns the status 200 (OK) if the copy is successful.
To understand how to configure the CopyObject
action,
see Action examples.
DownloadObjects action
This action gets one more objects from a bucket.
Input parameters of the DownloadObjects action
Parameter Name | Data Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Bucket | String | Yes | Bucket name where the object to be downloaded is present. |
Object | String | No | Name of the object that should be downloaded. If not specified, all the objects from the specified bucket are downloaded. |
HasBytes | Boolean | Yes | Specifies if the content should be downloaded as a Base64 encoded string. |
UpdatedStartDate | Datetime | No | The start date of the time range to download objects. If not specified, objects are downloaded from the oldest until the UpdatedEndDate. |
UpdatedEndDate | Datetime | No | The end date of the time range to download objects. If not specified, objects are downloaded from the specified UpdatedStartDate until the current day. |
Output parameters of the DownloadObjects action
This action returns the status 200 (OK) if the download is successful.
To understand how to configure the DownloadObjects
action,
see Action examples.
UploadObject action
This action lets you upload an object to a bucket.
Input parameters of the UploadObject action
Parameter Name | Data Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Bucket | String | Yes | Bucket name where the object should be uploaded. |
ContentBytes | String | No | The byte content to upload as a file. |
HasBytes | Boolean | Yes | Specifies if the content should be uploaded as a Base64 encoded string. |
AccessPolicy | String | No | The access policy for this object. The allowed values are PRIVATE, ANONREAD, ANONREADWRITE, and AUTHREAD. The default value is PRIVATE. | Content | String | No | The content to be uploaded. |
FileName | String | No | Name of the file to be uploaded. This value is required when you specify the FileContent parameter. |
Output parameters of the UploadObject action
This action returns the status 200 (OK) if the object upload is successful.
To understand how to configure the UploadObject
action,
see Action examples.
DeleteObject Action
This action lets you delete an object from a bucket.
Input parameters of the DeleteObject action
Parameter Name | Data Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Bucket | String | Yes | Bucket name where the object to be deleted is present. |
Object | String | Yes | Name of the object that should be deleted. |
Output parameters of the DeleteObject action
This action returns the status 200 (OK) if the deletion is successful.
To understand how to configure the DeleteObject
action,
see Action examples.
MoveObject action
This action let users move an existing object of a specific bucket to another bucket or in the same bucket.
Input parameters of the MoveObject action
Parameter Name | Data Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
BucketSource | String | Yes | The source bucket name where the object to be moved is present. |
ObjectSource | String | Yes | Name of the object that should be moved. |
BucketDestination | String | Yes | The destination bucket name where the object should be moved to. |
ObjectDestination | String | No | Name of the object in the destination bucket. If not specified, the original name is retained. |
Output parameters of the MoveObject action
This action returns the status 200 (OK) if the move operation is successful.
To understand how to configure the MoveObject
action,
see Action examples.
PutBucketAcl action
This action lets you update the Access Control List (ACL) of a bucket.
Input parameters of the PutBucketAcl action
Parameter Name | Data Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Bucket | String | Yes | Bucket name for which the ACL should be applied. |
ACL | String | Yes | Access level to be applied for the bucket. |
Output parameters of the PutBucketAcl action
This action returns the status 200 (OK) if the bucket ACL update is successful.
To understand how to configure the PutBucketAcl
action,
see Action examples.
PutObjectAcl action
This action lets you update the Access Control List (ACL) of an object in a bucket.
Input parameters of the PutObjectAcl action
Parameter Name | Data Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Bucket | String | Yes | Bucket name in which the object is present. |
ACL | String | Yes | Access level to be applied for the object. |
KEY | String | Yes | Object name for which the ACL should be applied. |
Output parameters of the PutObjectAcl action
This action returns the status 200 (OK) if the object ACL update is successful.
To understand how to configure the PutObjectAcl
action,
see Action examples.
Action examples
This section describes how to perform some of the actions in this connector.
Example - Copy an object
This example copies an object from one bucket to another bucket.
- In the
Configure connector task
dialog, clickActions
. - Select the
CopyObject
action, and then click Done. - In the Task Input section of the Connectors task, click
connectorInputPayload
and then enter a value similar to the following in theDefault Value
field:{ "BucketSource": "aws-s3-bucket-source", "ObjectSource": "pic.jpg", "BucketDestination": "aws-s3-bucket-destination", "ObjectDestination": "new_pic.jpg" }
If the action is successful, the
CopyObject
task's connectorOutputPayload
response
parameter will have a value similar to the following:
[{ "Status": "Success" }]
Example - Download an object
This example downloads an object from the specified bucket.
- In the
Configure connector task
dialog, clickActions
. - Select the
DownloadObjects
action, and then click Done. - In the Task Input section of the Connectors task, click
connectorInputPayload
and then enter a value similar to the following in theDefault Value
field:{ "Bucket": "aws-s3-bucket-source", "HasBytes": true }
If the action is successful, the
DownloadObjects
task's connectorOutputPayload
response
parameter will have a value similar to the following:
[{ "Success": "True", "RemoteFile": "prefix1%2Faws-s3-bucket-source%2Finventory-test-1%2F2023-09-10T01-00Z%2Fmanifest.json", "ContentBytes": "ewogICJzb3VyY2VCdWNrZXQiIDogImF3cy1zMy1idWNrZXQtYmNvbmUiLAogICJnOK" }, { "Success": "True", "RemoteFile": "upload1.txt", "ContentBytes": "VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3RpbmcgZmlsZQ==" }]
Example - Upload an object
This example uploads an object to the specified bucket.
- In the
Configure connector task
dialog, clickActions
. - Select the
UploadObject
action, and then click Done. - In the Task Input section of the Connectors task, click
connectorInputPayload
and then enter a value similar to the following in theDefault Value
field:{ "Bucket": "aws-s3-bucket-source", "FileName": "upload_1.txt", "Content": "This is a testing file", "AccessPolicy": "PUBLIC" }
If the action is successful, the
UploadObject
task's connectorOutputPayload
response
parameter will have a value similar to the following:
[{ "Status": "success", "bucket": "aws-s3-bucket-source", "rss:title": "Object 'upload_1.txt' was created in the bucket: aws-s3-bucket-source", "object": "upload_1.txt" }]
Example - Delete an object
This example deletes an object from the specified bucket.
- In the
Configure connector task
dialog, clickActions
. - Select the
DeleteObject
action, and then click Done. - In the Task Input section of the Connectors task, click
connectorInputPayload
and then enter a value similar to the following in theDefault Value
field:{ "Bucket": "aws-s3-bucket-source", "Object": "abc.png" }
If the action is successful, the
DeleteObject
task's connectorOutputPayload
response
parameter will have a value similar to the following:
[{ "Status": "Success" }]
Example - Move an object
This example moves an object from one bucket to another bucket.
- In the
Configure connector task
dialog, clickActions
. - Select the
MoveObject
action, and then click Done. - In the Task Input section of the Connectors task, click
connectorInputPayload
and then enter a value similar to the following in theDefault Value
field:{ "BucketSource": "aws-s3-bucket-source", "ObjectSource": "abc.png", "BucketDestination": "aws-s3-bucket-destination", "ObjectDestination": "moved.png" }
If the action is successful, the
MoveObject
task's connectorOutputPayload
response
parameter will have a value similar to the following:
[{ "Status": "Success" }]
Example - Update the ACL of a bucket
This example updates the access control permissions for a bucket.
- In the
Configure connector task
dialog, clickActions
. - Select the
PutBucketAcl
action, and then click Done. - In the Task Input section of the Connectors task, click
connectorInputPayload
and then enter a value similar to the following in theDefault Value
field:{ "BucketSource": "aws-s3-bucket-source", "ACL": "public-read" }
If the action is successful, the
PutBucketAcl
task's connectorOutputPayload
response
parameter will have a value similar to the following:
[{ "Status": "Success" }]
Example - Update the ACL of an object
This example updates the access control permissions for an object in a bucket.
- In the
Configure connector task
dialog, clickActions
. - Select the
PutObjectAcl
action, and then click Done. - In the Task Input section of the Connectors task, click
connectorInputPayload
and then enter a value similar to the following in theDefault Value
field:{ "Bucket": "aws-s3-bucket-source", "ACL": "aws-exec-read", "Key": "AWS_S3_BusinessCase_V2.xlsx" }
If the action is successful, the
PutObjectAcl
task's connectorOutputPayload
response
parameter will have a value similar to the following:
[{ "Status": "Success" }]
Entity operation examples
This section shows how to perform some of the entity operations in this connector.
Example - List metadata of all the objects
This example fetches the metadata of all the objects in the Object
entity.
- In the
Configure connector task
dialog, clickEntities
. - Select
Object
from theEntity
list. - Select the
List
operation, and then click Done. - Optionally, in Task Input section of the Connectors task, you can
filter your result set by specifying a filter clause.
Specify the filter clause value always within the single quotes ('). For example,
Bucket='test-bucket'
. You can also specify multiple filter conditions by using the logic operators. For example,Bucket='test-bucket' and OwnerId='b1ecc809ad8467088afb'
.
Example - Get metadata of a bucket
This example gets the metadata of the bucket with the specified ID from the Bucket
entity.
- In the
Configure connector task
dialog, clickEntities
. - Select
Bucket
from theEntity
list. - Select the
Get
operation, and then click Done. - In the Task Input section of the Connectors task, click EntityId and
then enter
demo_replication
in the Default Value field.Here,
demo_replication
is a unique bucket ID in theBucket
entity.
Example - Create a bucket
This example creates a bucket in the Bucket
entity.
- In the
Configure connector task
dialog, clickEntities
. - Select
Bucket
from theEntity
list. - Select the
Create
operation, and then click Done. - In the Task Input section of the Connectors task, click
connectorInputPayload
and then enter a value similar to the following in theDefault Value
field:{ "Bucket": "Demo1697528098686" }
If the integration is successful, your connector task's
connectorOutputPayload
field will have a value similar to the following:[{ "Bucket": "Demo1697528098686" }]
Example - Delete a bucket
This example deletes the bucket with the specified ID in the Bucket
entity.
- In the
Configure connector task
dialog, clickEntities
. - Select
Bucket
from theEntity
list. - Select the
Delete
operation, and then click Done. - In the Task Input section of the Connectors task, click entityId and
then enter
demo1697528098686
in the Default Value field.
Use the Amazon S3 connection in an integration
After you create the connection, it becomes available in both Apigee Integration and Application Integration. You can use the connection in an integration through the Connectors task.
- To understand how to create and use the Connectors task in Apigee Integration, see Connectors task.
- To understand how to create and use the Connectors task in Application Integration, see Connectors task.
Get help from the Google Cloud community
You can post your questions and discuss this connector in the Google Cloud community at Cloud Forums.What's next
- Understand how to suspend and resume a connection.
- Understand how to monitor connector usage.
- Understand how to view connector logs.