This integration with S3 allows the user to send Data Packs (f.k.a. Standardized File Export (SFE)) data directly to your organization’s S3 Bucket.
Additional resources on Data Packs:
Prerequisites:
You must be a 6sense Data Packs customer.
Your organization must be using AWS S3 internally.
You must contact your CSM, PC or Support to turn on this integration if eligible.
Note: Only the following AWS regions are supported by 6sense:
us-east-1
us-east-2
us-west-1
us-west-2
ap-south-1
ap-northeast-2
ap-northeast-3
ap-northeast-1
ap-southeast-1
ap-southeast-2
ca-central-1
eu-west-1
eu-west-2
eu-west-3
eu-central-1
eu-north-1
sa-east-1
To integrate S3, navigate to Settings and select S3 from the list of integrations.
In the top right of the integration page, click the Connect button.
Prior to connecting to S3 you will need to grant our 6sense common IAM role the following permissions to your desired S3 bucket.
list
Putobject
Putobjectacl
This is usually done via a bucket permission policy. To learn more please visit this article.
Enter your S3 connection information and click Validate.
Property | Description |
|---|---|
S3 Bucket Name | The name of the staging S3 bucket (Example: |
Region | The S3 staging bucket region used. |
After successful validation, click Save & Next to configure the integration.
Configure the integration by entering your desired S3 Bucket Path. This information allows 6sense to know the exact S3 endpoint location to send the data.
Property | Description |
|---|---|
S3 Bucket Paths | Subdirectory under the bucket to put data into |
Click Save & Finish in the bottom right of the page to complete your integration.
Once S3 has been configured as your organization’s Data Pack destination, by default we will no longer send the data to the SFTP server if you were previously using it.