Amazon S3

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is a simple storage service that provides object storage through a web service interface. It uses the scalable storage infrastructure of Amazon.com and enables you to store objects, download and use data with other AWS services, and build applications that call for internet storage. This document describes how to connect IBM watsonx Orchestrate to Amazon S3 and use its skills on watsonx Orchestrate.

Connecting to Amazon S3

Connect to the app according to the credential type that you or your team want to use.

If you want to connect the app to the Orchestrate Agent skill set, skill sets from AI assistants, or the Team skill set with Team credentials, refer to Managing app connections.

If you want to connect to the app to the Personal skill set ot the Team skill set with Member credentials, refer to Connecting to apps.

Configuring the connection

To connect watsonx Orchestrate to Amazon S3, complete the following steps:

  1. Click Connect app.

  2. Specify the Secret access key and Access key ID.

  3. Specify the Region where the server that hosts your Amazon S3 is located.

    • You can find the region at the end of the URL after you log in to the AWS Management Console. For example, https://us-east-2.console.aws.amazon.com/console/home?region=us-east-2#.

  4. Click Connect app.

Note: The icon A green check icon appears to show that the app is connected. indicates that the connection was successfully established.

Retrieving Secret access key and Access key ID

You can get the secret access key and access key ID from the credentials page in the AWS Management Console. To obtain connection values for Amazon S3, complete the following steps.

  1. Sign in to your Amazon Web Services account.
  2. You can find the value for the region parameter at the end of the URL when you are logged in to the AWS Management Console (for example, https://us-east-2.console.aws.amazon.com/console/home?region=us-east-2#).
  3. To find values for the Secret access key and Access key ID parameters, click your account name on the navigation bar and select My Security Credentials.
  4. Existing access key IDs are listed on the AWS IAM Credentials tab. To create an access key, click Create access key, then click Download credentials to download the access key ID and secret access key.

If necessary, work with your Amazon S3 administrator to obtain these values.

What to do next

After you connect to the app, you can use the Amazon S3 skills. For more information see, Using the chat.

To learn about the available skills, see List of prebuilt apps, skills and skill flows.

Parent topic:

→ Connecting to apps