====== AWS mount S3 bucket to EC2 instance ====== # 1.- Download the latest version of s3fs (which is a FUSE backend for S3) from http://code.google.com/p/s3fs/downloads/list wget http://s3fs.googlecode.com/files/s3fs-r177-source.tar.gz # 2.- Unpack it: tar zxf s3fs-r177-source.tar.gz # 3.- Install dependencies for building. In my Ubuntu AMI was: apt-get install build-essential libxml2-dev libfuse-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev # 4.- Build and install the code (this copies the binary s3fs to /usr/bin): cd s3fs; make install # 5.- Edit a config file for storing your keys (you can check them out under AWS Menu -> Your Account -> Security Credentials) touch /etc/passwd-s3fs && chmod 640 /etc/passwd-s3fs && echo 'AccessKey:SecretKey' > /etc/passwd-s3fs # If you dont want to leave any trace of your secret key in your shell history, use a text editor to edit the file rather than echoing it. #6.- Create a directory for mounting the S3 filesystem and mount it. Note that you can mount the s3fs anywhere you like: /usr/bin/s3fs bucketname /mnt/mountpoint # 7.- Check it is woking correctly: grep s3fs /etc/mtab https://cloudkul.com/blog/mounting-s3-bucket-linux-ec2-instance/ https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?messageID=475840