Working with objects in the S3 Console
Within the S3 console, you have the ability to work with the objects in a graphic UI.
The S3 console gives you many familiar file system commands. You can rename, move, copy, delete, and view; to name a few.
You also the have the ability to create a folder (also known as a “prefix”), add or remove metadata, edit the storage class and copy the S3 URI or URL of the object. We will run through a few of these actions in this section of the lab.
Moving an object in S3
With the move action in the S3 console, you can move an object to a folder (prefix) in the same bucket, to another bucket/prefix, or to an access point. For this example, we will create a new folder (prefix) and move the photo7.jpg object.
1.In your bucket’s overview page select the Create folder button.
2.In the “Folder name” field put in the name “photo7” and then click on the Create folder button.
3.Now select the “photo7.jpg” object, click on the Actions dropdown, and select Move. Under “Destination type” select Bucket and then click on Browse S3. In the “Destination” popup select the photo7/ folder (prefix) and then click on Choose destination. Now that the destination has been set you can click on the Move button to move the object.
4.You should then be taken to the “Move: status” page showing that you “Successfully moved objects”. Click on the Close button to leave the page.
