Does Control-M for Advanced File Transfer or Control-M Managed File Transfer have the ability to watch or transfer files on Amazon (AWS) S3?

Does Control-M for Advanced File Transfer or Control-M Managed File Transfer have the ability to watch or transfer files on Amazon (AWS) S3?

Knowledge Article

Article Number

000210807

Old Article Number

000118641

Article Type

FAQ/Procedural

Title

Does Control-M for Advanced File Transfer or Control-M Managed File Transfer have the ability to watch or transfer files on Amazon (AWS) S3?

Summary

Product

Control-M for Advanced File Transfer

Component

Control-M/CM for Advanced File Transfer

Applies to

Control-M for Advanced File Transfer and Control-M Managed File Transfer all versions

Question

Does Control-M for Advanced File Transfer or Control-M Managed File Transfer have the ability to watch or transfer files on Amazon (AWS) S3?

For example an S3 object or SQS queue/message

Answer

S3 objects are supported starting with version 9.0.19.

AWS required privileges used for S3 file watching:
ListBucket
GetBucketLocation (cxn profile interaction)
GetObject (to retrieve object metadata).

SQS queue/message is not currently supported.

RFE - CTM-6408 raised requesting it be considered

Additional Information:
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