AWS storage — S3 object storage, EBS block storage, EFS file system, Glacier archival.
Stub — full skill pending. Core patterns documented below.
| Service | Type | Use case |
|---|---|---|
| S3 | Object | Files, backups, static assets, data lake staging, Lambda deployment packages |
| EBS | Block | EC2 root volumes, databases requiring low-latency block I/O |
| EFS | File (NFS) | Shared file system across multiple EC2/ECS tasks |
| Glacier / S3 Glacier | Archive | Long-term retention, compliance archival, low-cost cold storage |
# Create bucket in af-south-1
aws s3api create-bucket \
--bucket my-bucket-name \
--region af-south-1 \
--create-bucket-configuration LocationConstraint=af-south-1
# Enable versioning
aws s3api put-bucket-versioning \
--bucket my-bucket-name \
--versioning-configuration Status=Enabled
# Block all public access (default for new buckets — confirm explicitly)
aws s3api put-public-access-block \
--bucket my-bucket-name \
--public-access-block-configuration \
BlockPublicAcls=true,IgnorePublicAcls=true,BlockPublicPolicy=true,RestrictPublicBuckets=true
# Upload file
aws s3 cp ./file.txt s3://my-bucket-name/path/file.txt
# Generate presigned URL (15-minute expiry)
aws s3 presign s3://my-bucket-name/path/file.txt --expires-in 900Store personal data only in af-south-1 buckets. Add a bucket policy condition denying replication outside af-south-1 if required by your data residency policy.