# Prerequisites for exporting data from Amazon Keyspaces to Amazon S3
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**Confirm the following prerequisites and create the Amazon Keyspaces resources before you begin with the tutorial**

1. Before you start this tutorial, follow the Amazon setup instructions in [Accessing Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra)](accessing.md). These steps include signing up for Amazon and creating an Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM) principal with access to Amazon Keyspaces. 

1. The CLI tool in this tutorial uses your credentials and default Amazon Web Services Region stored in a known location. For more information, see [Store access keys for programmatic access](aws.credentials.manage.md).

   The following example shows how to store the required values as environment variables for the default user.

   ```
   $ export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID={{AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE}}
   $ export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY={{wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY}}
   $ export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION={{us-east-1}}
   ```

1. To run the `keyspaces-bulk-cli` CLI in this tutorial, you need the following software and tools installed on your machine:
   + [Python](https://www.python.org/downloads/) 3.8 or later
   + [Java](https://openjdk.org/install/) (JDK 11 or later)
   + [Apache Maven](https://maven.apache.org/install.html)
   + [Git](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git)
   + [curl](https://curl.se/download.html)
   + [Amazon CLI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/getting-started-install.html)

   Java, Git, and Maven are required by the bootstrap step to download and build the retry policy helper. This tutorial was tested with Amazon CLI 2, Python 3.11, Java 17.0.13, and Apache Maven 3.8.7.

1. You need an Amazon Keyspaces table with sample data to export later in this tutorial. You can use your own Amazon Keyspaces table or create a sample table following the steps in the [Getting started with Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra)](getting-started.md) tutorial.

   1. To install the `cqlsh-expansion`, follow the steps at [Using the `cqlsh-expansion` to connect to Amazon Keyspaces](programmatic.cqlsh.md#using_cqlsh).

   1. Confirm that the `Murmur3Partitioner` partitioner is the default partitioner for your account. This partitioner is compatible with the Apache Spark Cassandra Connector and with Amazon Glue. For more information on partitioners, see [Working with partitioners in Amazon Keyspaces](working-with-partitioners.md).

      To change the partitioner of your account, you can use the following statement.

      ```
      SELECT partitioner FROM system.local;
      
      UPDATE system.local set partitioner='org.apache.cassandra.dht.Murmur3Partitioner' where key='local';
      ```

   1. To create an Amazon Keyspaces keyspace, follow the steps at [Create a keyspace in Amazon Keyspaces](getting-started.keyspaces.md).

   1. To create the Amazon Keyspaces table, follow the steps at [Create a table in Amazon Keyspaces](getting-started.tables.md).

   1. To load sample data into the table to export to Amazon S3, follow the steps at [Inserting and loading data into an Amazon Keyspaces table](getting-started.dml.create.md).

After completing the prerequisite steps, proceed to [Step 1: Bootstrap the infrastructure and Amazon Glue jobs](S3-tutorial-step1.md).