# Upload files and folder to S3 from Ubuntu 20.04 using AWS CLI 2


Applicable for Ubuntu 20.04 and its derivatives.

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## Creating a IAM User

To make any API call to AWS, we need a IAM user with appropriate permissions. According to the your purpose, create a IAM user and get the followings

* IAM user name

* Access Key ID

* Secret Access Key

You can download a csv file with these information provided by the AWS after creation of IAM user.

## Install AWS CLI in Local Machine

### Install AWS CLI

Install `curl` if it is not install in your machine. Also, you can use `wget` the default and preinstalled download manager for Ubuntu.

```
sudo apt-get install curl
```


Download the AWS installation file

```
curl "[https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip](https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip)" -o "awscliv2.zip"
```


Go to the downloaded directory and extract the files

```
unzip awscliv2.zip
```


Now, run the installation file

```
sudo ./aws/install
```


This will install the AWS CLI 2 in your system.

To verify the installation, use

```
aws --version
```


### Configure Account

To configure your account

```
aws configure
```


Now insert the `access key id`, `secret access key`, `default region name`, `your desired output format`.

This should configure the `CLI` with your account credentials.

You can test the configuration by invoking the following commands

```
aws s3 ls
```


This should return all the buckets of your region.

## Upload Files and Folders

If you do not have a `S3 bucket` create one.

### Upload a Single File

To upload a single file we use the following

```
aws s3 cp local_file_path s3://bucket_name/
```


Here the `local_file_path` stands for the local file path we are uploading from our local machine.

The `bucket_name` stands for our desired cloud `S3 Bucket Name`.

Example:

```
aws s3 cp /home/nahid/Documents/data.json s3://test_bucket/
```

> This will upload a file named `data.json` to a bucket named `test_bucket`.

### Upload All Files and Folder Recursively

To upload a folder along with all its files and folders, we can do the followings,

```
aws s3 cp local_folder_path s3://bucket_name/ --recursive
```


Here `local_folder_path` is the folder we are uploading.

The `bucket_name` is the desired `cloud S3 bucket`.

Example:

```
aws s3 cp /home/nahid/Documents/build s3://test_bucket/ --recursive
```


Here we are uploading a folder named `build` to the bucket named `test_bucket`.

## Reference

[https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2-linux.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2-linux.html)