Connect to S3 from your local Ubuntu file system

For Mac and Linux you can connect to s3 buckets from your local file navigator using  s3fs 

 https://cloud.netapp.com/blog/amazon-s3-as-a-file-system 

 Here are the commands you need for Ubuntu. Replace BUCKETNAME with the name of your S3 bucket. 

 cd ~/;

# for Debian (Ubuntu)

sudo apt-get install s3fs;

# for mac use Brew install s3fs 

echo ACCESS_KEY:SECRET_KEY > ~/.passwd-s3fs;

# confirm entry was added

cat ~/.passwd-s3fs;

chmod 600 .passwd-s3fs;

mkdir ~/BUCKETNAME-s3-drive;

s3fs BUCKETNAME ~/BUCKETNAME-s3-drive; 

 you can then navigate the s3 drive as a local drive