AWS S3 Skills#

Advanced patterns for Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) utilization.

🚀 Core Commands#

Bucket Management#

bash

# List all buckets with creation date
aws s3api list-buckets --query "Buckets[].{Name:Name,Created:CreationDate}" --output table

# Create a bucket with specific region
aws s3 mb s3://<bucket-name> --region <region>

High-Speed Synchronization#

bash

# Intelligent sync (only changed files)
aws s3 sync ./local-dir s3://<bucket-name>/path --delete --exclude "*.tmp"

# Concurrent upload tuning (performance)
aws configure set default.s3.max_concurrent_requests 20

Content Discovery & Filtering#

bash

# Find objects larger than 100MB
aws s3api list-objects-v2 --bucket <bucket-name> --query "Contents[?Size > \`104857600\`].[Key, Size]" --output json

# Total size of a prefix
aws s3 ls s3://<bucket-name>/prefix --recursive --human-readable --summarize | tail -n 2

🧠 Best Practices#

1. Least Privilege: Always use IAM policies that restrict access to specific buckets/prefixes.
2. Versioning: Enable versioning for critical production data to prevent accidental deletions.
3. Encrypted at Rest: Enforce SSE-S3 or SSE-KMS for all sensitive objects.
4. Lifecycle Policies: Automate transition to S3 Glacier for aging assets to optimize cost.