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description: >-
  Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is storage for the Internet. We will
  use S3 to store the VCPA inputs and outputs (sequencing files and other
  results).
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# 1.3 Setup a S3 bucket (simple storage solution for AWS) for hosting sequencing data

**This session below introduces you to Amazon S3 and how to use the AWS Management Console to create an S3 bucket.**

1. Open the Amazon S3 console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/). Then click "S3" under "Storage session".

![S3](https://2340481123-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LDqjkDfgAQAY9Hn5Vg6%2F-LDr3t3M9FKOXSWSGCtC%2F-LDr4CgYd-Ah_x00wjnW%2Fs31.png?alt=media\&token=e8d3f42d-a6f8-426d-95e9-df49c4115f03)



2\. After that, a new window will be prompted to allow you to **create bucket** (see diagram below). Users need to input

a) the input bucket name

b) choose the closest geographical region

![Create bucket](https://2340481123-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LDqjkDfgAQAY9Hn5Vg6%2F-LDr3t3M9FKOXSWSGCtC%2F-LDr4_NPxK7YVaqkQ7ba%2Fs32.png?alt=media\&token=3cc34653-6dc5-4c92-a709-b3427231d005)

Then you will see the list of buckets you created successfully (see the following figure as an example).\


![](https://2340481123-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LDqjkDfgAQAY9Hn5Vg6%2F-LDr3t3M9FKOXSWSGCtC%2F-LDr4fkY5vNyPqJrGhh7%2Fs36.png?alt=media\&token=1c7d50b3-2b78-40bb-b635-11f53113f85e)





