# Retrieve Information from Amazon S3

To automatically retrieve data from Amazon S3, create a new fetch task by following these steps. The connector runs each fetch task automatically, based on the schedule that is configured in the configuration file.

To create a new Fetch Task

1. Stop the connector.
2. Open the configuration file in a text editor.

3. In the `[FetchTasks]` section of the configuration file, specify the number of fetch tasks using the `Number` parameter. If you are configuring the first fetch task, type `Number=1`. If one or more fetch tasks have already been configured, increase the value of the `Number` parameter by one (1). Below the `Number` parameter, specify the names of the fetch tasks, starting from zero (0). For example:

       [FetchTasks]
       Number=1
       0=MyTask

4. Below the `[FetchTasks]` section, create a new TaskName section. The name of the section must match the name of the new fetch task. For example:

       [FetchTasks]
       Number=1
       0=MyTask

       [MyTask]

1. In the new section, set the following parameters:

   `AwsAccessKeyID` | The Amazon Web Services access key ID to use to access to the repository. You can obtain the access key ID from the "My Security Credentials" area of your Amazon Web Services user account. For information about how to encrypt the value of this parameter before entering it in the configuration file, see Encrypt Passwords.
   `AwsSecretKey` | The Amazon Web Services secret key to use to access the repository. You can obtain the secret key from the "My Security Credentials" area of your Amazon Web Services user account. For information about how to encrypt the value of this parameter before entering it in the configuration file, see Encrypt Passwords.
   `Bucket` | The name of the Amazon S3 bucket that you want to retrieve data from.
   `BucketRegion` | The region in which the Amazon S3 bucket identified by the `Bucket` parameter is located. You can find the region name for a bucket from the Amazon S3 web interface. After you find the name, find the correct region code from the Amazon S3 documentation.
   `Folder` | (Optional) The path of the folder from which you want to retrieve data (not including the bucket name). If you set this parameter, the connector retrieves only this folder. Otherwise, the connector retrieves everything contained in the bucket.
   `ProxyHost` | (Optional) The host name or IP address of the proxy server to use to access Amazon S3.
   `ProxyPort` | (Optional) The port of the proxy server to use to access Amazon S3.

2. Save and close the configuration file.

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