Posted On: Aug 12, 2020

Amazon S3 Access Points now support the COPY API, allowing customers to copy data to and from access points within an Amazon Web Services China Regions. S3 Access Points simplifies managing data access at scale for applications using shared data sets on S3. Access Points are unique aliases used to enforce distinct and precise permissions and network controls for any request made through the access point. 

S3 Access Points are useful for shared aggregated data lakes accessed by different applications, teams and individuals, for analytics, machine learning, or real-time monitoring. With support of the COPY API to copy data to and from access points within an Amazon Web Services China Region, S3 Access Points now support these S3 object operations

You can create S3 Access Points, at no additional cost, on all S3 buckets through the Amazon Command Line Interface (CLI), the Application Programming Interface (API), and the Amazon Software Development Kit (SDK) client. Amazon S3 Access Points with the new COPY API are now available in all Amazon Web Services Regions including the Amazon Web Services China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet and the Amazon Web Services China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD.

To learn more about S3 Access Points visit the documentation