Installation process
As a customer, you do not have access to the AWS console where the company deploys the components needed for your solution. As a result, certain steps in setting up the S3 File Gateway are executed by a company representative. The following diagram illustrates the stages in the process and who executes them:
flowchart subgraph Customer direction TB st0((START)) --> st1 st1(Request link to S3 File Gateway virtual machine image) st3(Install and configure S3 File Gateway virtual machine image) --> st4(Test S3 File Gateway connectivity) st4 --> st5{Success?} st5 -- no --> st6a(Configure firewall and router to access service endpoints) st6a --> st4 st5 -- yes --> st6b{Provide the company with access to VM?} st6b -- no --> st7b(Set up second machine with AWS CLI and cURL) st7b --> st8(Request AWS credentials) st11(Set up credentials on secondary machine) --> st12(Run commands on secondary machine to configure and activate S3 File Gateway) st12 --> st13(Notify the company of successful setup) end subgraph The company direction TB st2(Provide URL to customer) st7a(Configure and activate S3 File Gateway) --> st15((END)) st9(Set up temporary AWS user) --> st10(Send credentials and information to customer) st14(Remove temporary AWS user) --> st15 end st1 --> st2 st2 --> st3 st6b -- yes --> st7a st8 --> st9 st10 --> st11 st13 --> st14