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title: "Configuring Amazon S3 Buckets"
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  - product: "Design Editor"
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# Configuring Amazon S3 Buckets

**Applies to:** Customer's Canvas On-Premises; Design Editor 6.15.0, 6.x (may differ) · **Archived documentation**
 
This topic describes how you can arrange S3 buckets, get access keys, and configure permissions in your AWS account.
 
First, navigate to the S3 service in the AWS console and create two S3 buckets: one for the assets and another for preview images. You can upload your assets into the first bucket and leave the second one empty.
 
**Note** 
The preview images will be displayed in the **Asset Manager**. If you don't use a bucket for these images, they will be generated every time the user opens the **Asset Manager**.
 
After you have created your buckets, you must set up the CORS configuration.
 
## Defining CORS Configuration
  
In the bucket list, click the name of your bucket for preview images, click **Permissions**, and click **CORS configuration**.
 
![Defining CORS in Amazon S3.](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/images/AmazonS3Cors.png)
 
In the configuration editor, define the following config and then click **Save**.
 
```
[
    {
        "AllowedHeaders": ["*"],
        "AllowedMethods": ["PUT","GET"],
        "AllowedOrigins": ["*"],
        "ExposeHeaders": []
    }
]
```
 
## Getting the Access Keys
  
To get access tokens:
 
1. In the top toolbar, click your account name and then click **My Security Credentials**.
2. **Create a group**: click **Groups**, click **Create new group**, type in a group name, click **Next step**, select the **amazonS3FullAcess** policy, click **Next step** again, and click **Create group**.
3. **Create a user**: click **Users**, click **Add user**, type in a user name, click **Programmatic access**, click **Next permissions**, select a group created in the previous step, click **Next** twice, and click **Create user**.

If successful, you can see the user's **Access key ID**. To display the **Secret access key**, click **Show**.
 
![Access keys for a new user in Amazon S3.](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/images/AmazonS3Keys.png)
 
Now, you can specify these keys in the [configuration](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/amazon-api-service.htm.md) of the Google Drive web service as **S3.AccessKey** and **S3.Secret**.
 
When you complete configuring the web service, you can enable an [Amazon S3 source](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/asset-manager.htm.md) in the **Asset Manager** and browse assets from these buckets in the Design Editor.
 
Now, let's learn how you can set up the [Google Drive web service](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/amazon-api-service.htm.md) to access the assets in Amazon S3.
 
## See Also
  
### Manual
 
- [Using the Google Drive Web Service](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/amazon-api-service.htm.md)
- [The Asset Manager](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/cc6/asset-manager.htm.md)