This tutorial will make use of Amazon’s S3 (Storage) service and Amazon S3Tools (Linux Client). A bash script will be created to automate the backup of files to S3.

1. Sign into Amazon AWS Console

2. Create a new user for Amazon S3 (Identity and Access Management)

3. Click on the newly created username > Permissions > Attach Policy – AmazonS3FullAccess > Download the credentials

4. Install Amazon S3Tools on linux server:

apt-get update
apt-get install python-setuptools
cd home
wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/s3tools/files/s3cmd/1.6.1/s3cmd-1.6.1.tar.gz
tar -xvf s3cmd-1.6.1.tar.gz
cd s3cmd-1.6.1
python setup.py install