Configure Storage Settings for Using Amazon S3
You can archive rendered videos to a location you provide on a supported storage service
Location where Projector stores saved videos, posters, and GIF clips..
The credentials you enter in this task come from the account settings for your storage service. Projector currently supports S3 buckets from Amazon Web Services (AWS). This industry-leading storage solution is highly configurable, has built-in redundancy, and offers other benefits native to the AWS ecosystem.
WARNING You must enable and set up archiving if you configured this payload to archive posters, GIF clips, or both in the Transcode pillar. If you don't, Projector skips archiving completely and those settings are ignored.
How does Projector interact with AWS?
If you use the storage service feature in Projector, you must provide an AWS user account to interact with your S3 bucket.
This account can be either a root user or an IAM user with public read permissions to the S3 bucket you use with Projector.
If you don't manage your own AWS infrastructure, ask your AWS administrator to set this up for you.
How can I find my AWS account credentials when my account does not use MFA?
These steps assume you manage your own AWS account. If it's a company account that you don't manage, ask your AWS administrator for the values that you need to complete this task.
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Log in to your AWS account.
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Go to Identity and Access Management (IAM).
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On the IAM Dashboard, click your account and make a note of your access key and your client secret.
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Go to S3 Buckets. Make a note of the name of the bucket you want to use and the availability zone the bucket is in.
How can I find my AWS account credentials when my account uses MFA?
These steps assume you manage your own AWS account. If it's a company account that you don't manage, ask your AWS administrator for the values that you need to complete this task.
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Log in to your AWS account.
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Go to Identity and Access Management (IAM).
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On the IAM Dashboard, click your account and make a note of your access key and your client secret.
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Click Users and then click your user account.
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Click Security Credentials. In the Multi-Factor Authentication section, make a note of the Identifier value. If you don't have an authentication device set up, click Assign MFA Device and follow the on-screen instructions to create one.
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Go to S3 Buckets. Make a note of the name of the bucket you want to use and the availability zone the bucket is in.
- In the Storage section of the Projector UI, select the Enable archiving to storage? checkbox.
- For Provider, select Amazon S3.
- Click Setup.
- Enter your Access Key ID.
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Enter your Secret Key. This value is not stored by Amazon. You or your AWS administrator created it when you set up your AWS account. It's very important to keep a record of this key in a secure location.
- Select the S3 Region that matches the availability zone where your S3 bucket is located.
- For S3 Bucket, enter the name of the bucket you want to use for this payload. This value must be an exact match for the name displayed for the bucket in your AWS console.
- For S3 Folder, enter the name of the folder you want to use for this payload. If the folder already exists inside the S3 bucket, Projector will archive the files there. If it does not, Projector will first create a folder with this name and then archive files in it.
- Click Save/Authorize.
