Not able to download file from AWS S3 Access Denied Error

Question

When I try to download one file from AWS S3 through console, I am getting following error:

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<Error>
<Code>AccessDenied</Code>
<Message>Access Denied</Message>
<RequestId>DF19E559FDBA71C2</RequestId>
<HostId>f5cIaO8eh2yTmC+rtVIVg54xY4EXAjG6lsxzjbBjzMRwDWaMFaggAU3Wyoipy2ZuDHQLhz402DE=</HostId>
</Error>

Can someone please help with this.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You are getting this error because the file is set to private and you don't have the permission do download it. To do so, you must set a Bucket Policy according to the permissions you with to use.

If you want any user to be able to download bucket objects, you can set a policy such as:

{
  "Version":"2012-10-17",
  "Statement":[
    {
      "Sid":"PublicRead",
      "Effect":"Allow",
      "Principal": "*",
      "Action":["s3:GetObject"],
      "Resource":["arn:aws:s3:::examplebucket/*"]
    }
  ]
}

Another option, if you want to serve content, is to use Amazon CloudFront as a CDN.

Finally, it is important to understand what kind of access you need to download your files to set the appropriate policy.