Getting started with Amazon DataSync
Before you get started with Amazon DataSync, you need to sign up for an Amazon Web Services account if you don't have one. We also recommend learning where DataSync can be used and how much it might cost to transfer your data.
Sign up for an Amazon Web Services account
If you do not have an Amazon Web Services account, use the following procedure to create one.
To sign up for Amazon Web Services
Open http://www.amazonaws.cn/
and choose Sign Up. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Amazon sends you a confirmation email after the sign-up process is
complete. At any time, you can view your current account activity and manage your account by
going to http://www.amazonaws.cn/
Secure IAM users
After you sign up for an Amazon Web Services account, safeguard your administrative user by turning on multi-factor authentication (MFA). For instructions, see Enable a virtual MFA device for an IAM user (console) in the IAM User Guide.
To give other users access to your Amazon Web Services account resources, create IAM users. To secure your IAM users, turn on MFA and only give the IAM users the permissions needed to perform their tasks.
For more information about creating and securing IAM users, see the following topics in the IAM User Guide:
Required IAM permissions for using DataSync
DataSync can transfer your data to an Amazon S3 bucket, Amazon EFS file system, or a number of other Amazon storage services. To get your data where you want it to go, you need the right IAM permissions granted to your identity. For example, the IAM role that you use with DataSync needs permission to use the Amazon S3 operations required to transfer data to an S3 bucket.
You can grant these permissions with IAM policies provided by Amazon or by creating your own policies.
Amazon managed policies
Amazon provides the following managed policies for common DataSync use cases:
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AWSDataSyncReadOnlyAccess– Provides read-only access to DataSync. -
AWSDataSyncFullAccess– Provides full access to DataSync and minimal access to its dependencies.
For more information, see Amazon managed policies for Amazon DataSync.
Customer managed policies
You can create custom IAM policies to use with DataSync. For more information, see IAM customer managed policies for Amazon DataSync.
Where can I use DataSync?
For a list of Amazon Web Services Regions and endpoints that DataSync supports, see Amazon DataSync endpoints and quotas in the Amazon Web Services General Reference.
How can I use DataSync?
There are several ways to use DataSync:
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DataSync console
, which is part of the Amazon Web Services Management Console. -
DataSync API or the Amazon CLI
to programmatically configure and manage DataSync. -
Amazon CloudFormation or Terraform
to provision your DataSync resources. -
Amazon SDKs
to build applications that use DataSync.
How much will DataSync cost?
On the DataSync pricing
Open-source components used by DataSync
To view the open-source components used by DataSync, download the following link: