To copy data from S3 bucket cross accounts

Question

Hi AWS, I have to replicate CUR data from bucket in account A to destination bucket in account B. Now I am confused that which pattern to use for the same and why:

1. Use Lambda function
2. DataSync
3. S3 Cross account replication

I have an additional question which is extension to the question https://repost.aws/questions/QUjCk76rHXTiiD24kbYRYbXQ/copy-data-cross-account-cross-region-using-datasync where I am still facing the error **Execution exec-056dfghgdxxxxxx finished with status Unable to connect to S3 endpoint**. The only distinction is I am using Customer Managed Key (CMK) for both source and destination buckets and I have updated the KMS key policies perfectly but still that issue persists.

Please help me with both the questions.

Answer

Thank you for your question.

The easiest way is to set-up cross account replication.

Setting up replication when source and destination buckets are owned by different AWS accounts is similar to setting replication when both buckets are owned by the same account. The only difference is that the destination bucket owner must grant the source bucket owner permission to replicate objects by adding a bucket policy.

Take a look at this walk-through on the [official documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/replication-walkthrough-2.html)

You can also take a look at this [article](https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/datasync-transfer-cross-account-s3) to learn How to use AWS DataSync to transfer the data to or from a cross-account Amazon S3 location?

To copy data from S3 bucket cross accounts

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