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S3 Bucket Deployment Guide

Take Note

Take screenshots for each step and add this guide to your deployment report template. Add your own step-by-step instructions geared toward BallotOnline administrators. How would admins use these instructions to deploy additional VPCs?

Create the S3 Bucket

  1. Open the Amazon S3 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/.
  2. In the Amazon S3 console, choose Create bucket.
AWS screenshot showing the create bucket page

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       3. In the Bucket name box, type a name for the bucket as cca630s3 (all lowercase).
       4. In the Region list, choose your target region.
            ᵒ  In this example, we will use US East (N. Virginia)
       5. Then choose Next to name the bucket.

AWS screenshot showing the popup screen in which the bucket name is assigned

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       6. Accept defaults for Set Properties, and then click Next.

AWS screenshot showing the popup screen in which bucket defaults and permissions are set.

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       7. Review the Set Permissions, and then click Create bucket.

AWS screenshot showing the popup screen showing a newly created bucket.

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       8. You should see a screen similar to the one below, showing your newly created cca630s3 bucket.

AWS screenshot showing the list of buckets that have been created.

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