In this lesson, we're going to learn you how to work with AWS. Before we can upload files from the application we need to create a place where the files will be stored in the cloud, and for this we're going to use Amazon's S3 cloud storage system.

To get the access keys mentioned in our last lesson, go to your profile in AWS, and click on Security/Credentials link.

This will take you to the security credentials page where you'll see an option called Access Keys. When you click this option, you can see your keys.

Next, we'll have to create the buckets. To do that, go back to your dashboard and click on the option called S3.

This is a CDN that helps to easily upload our files and access them quickly. When you click on S3, it will take you to a page where you can create your bucket.

Likewise, create a bucket for production and that's it! We are now all set to use our API to connect to AWS.