---
title: "Setting Up API Keys to Access S3 Buckets"
slug: "setting-up-api-keys-to-access-s3-buckets-2-1"
tags: ["Portal", "8.3"]
updated: 2026-08-06T11:47:18Z
published: 2026-08-06T11:47:18Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/setting-up-api-keys-to-access-s3-buckets-2-1"
---

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# Setting Up API Keys to Access S3 Buckets

Users may be assigned to a default subscription plan or assigned automatically to another plan based on automatic template assignment settings. For details, see Provisioning. If desired, you can subscribe an individual user to a different subscription plan. You can also unsubscribe the user account, which deletes all files stored in the account and terminates the account.

You can create your **Access Key ID** and **Secret Access Key** in the portal.

**To create an Access Key ID and Secret Access Key pair:**

1. Select **Users > Users** in the navigation pane.  

The **Users** page is displayed.  

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-PNRW0ECM.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A33Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A33Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=guOpUZoC%2BEdjsDAfZRFhy0svpRccNtgTrCXuOmNPGSQ%3D)
2. Click the user's name.  

The user window is displayed with the user name as the window title.  

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-G5SUPIL7.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A33Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A33Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=guOpUZoC%2BEdjsDAfZRFhy0svpRccNtgTrCXuOmNPGSQ%3D)
3. Select the **API Keys** option.  

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-2QTV3Q1K.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A33Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A33Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=guOpUZoC%2BEdjsDAfZRFhy0svpRccNtgTrCXuOmNPGSQ%3D)
4. Click **New**.  

The **API Key Created** window is displayed with the Access Key ID and the Secret Access Key.  

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-7RSCTR4G.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A33Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A33Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=guOpUZoC%2BEdjsDAfZRFhy0svpRccNtgTrCXuOmNPGSQ%3D)
5. Click ![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-I3ZI80RZ.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A33Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A33Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=guOpUZoC%2BEdjsDAfZRFhy0svpRccNtgTrCXuOmNPGSQ%3D) to copy the **Secret Access Key** to the clipboard.
6. Save the **Secret Access Key** to give to the end user.
**Note**

The CTERA Portal does not save the **Secret Access Key**, so if you do not save it you will not be able to pass it to the end user.
7. Click **Done**.
8. Click **Save**.

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-2RSZQWLF.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A33Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A33Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=guOpUZoC%2BEdjsDAfZRFhy0svpRccNtgTrCXuOmNPGSQ%3D) You can create up to 100 key pairs.

If you lose the **Secret Access Key** you can select the user and in the **API Keys** option, select the row for that key and click **Delete** and then **OK** to remove it. ![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-KS0UE95U.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A28%3A33Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A28%3A33Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=guOpUZoC%2BEdjsDAfZRFhy0svpRccNtgTrCXuOmNPGSQ%3D)