Here's the tutorial for signing up to Amazon S3
Amazon have a two-stage sign up process. You first of all have to sign up to use their general web services, and then you have to tell them specifically that you want to use Amazon S3. To do this, go to http://aws.amazon.com/s3, and click on the 'Sign Up to Use this Service' on the right hand side. ...But that's not all! The screencaps I took below show that you might think you have your keys.. when in fact you have a Free S3 account - which is NOT live.. until your card details have been verified - so the Keys will NOT work You MUST set up your payment on the S3 service - enter your card details etc. etc. and WAIT until they have made a test transaction. Until you get a CONFIRMATION email - you are not set... ...... and even then there may be a lag while the database is updated at Amazon. Logging in seems to force an update - so go back to Amazon after you get your confirmation email and login..... Please don't ask us why they show your AWS access and secret keys on your account pages when they are NOT LIVE... it is confusing Here's the screenshots I took...
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If you don't see an account number.. you don't have a S3 account!
Check your Usage Report - if the card hasn't been verified, you'll see this message:
After the card has been verified, your account status changes:
I had to click around for a while - to get to the COMPLETE YOUR SIGNUP page ! >>Payment method, than Select a Payment Method "continue"
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