📋 S3 Cheat Sheet

A CLF-C02 quick reference for S3 object storage, durability, storage classes, lifecycle, and access controls.

Core Concepts

  • S3 stores objects in buckets.
  • S3 is designed for 99.999999999% durability.
  • Objects can be versioned to protect against accidental overwrite or deletion.
  • Lifecycle rules can transition or expire objects automatically.
  • S3 can host static websites.

Storage Classes

  • S3 Standard: frequently accessed data.
  • S3 Intelligent-Tiering: unknown or changing access patterns.
  • S3 Standard-IA: infrequently accessed data that needs rapid retrieval.
  • S3 One Zone-IA: infrequently accessed data stored in one Availability Zone.
  • S3 Glacier classes: archival storage with different retrieval times and costs.

Security

  • S3 Block Public Access helps prevent accidental public exposure.
  • Bucket policies are resource-based policies.
  • Encryption can be managed by S3 or KMS.
  • Presigned URLs provide temporary access to private objects.

Practice S3 Questions

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