AWS Snowball User Guide
Transfer Data
• Use the AWS Snowball Client (p. 31)
• Disconnect the AWS Snowball Appliance (p. 31)
Get Your Credentials
Each AWS Snowball job has a set of credentials that you must get to authenticate your access to the
Snowball. These credentials are an encrypted manifest file and an unlock code. The manifest file
contains important information about the job and permissions associated with it. Without it, you won't
be able to transfer data. The unlock code is used to decrypt the manifest. Without it, the you won't be
able to communicate with the Snowball.
Note
You can only get your credentials after the Snowball appliance has been delivered to you.
To get your credentials from the console
1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Snowball Management Console.
2. In the AWS Snowball Management Console, search the table for the specific job part to download
the job manifest for, and then choose that job.
3. Expand that job part's Job status pane, and select View job details.
Note
Each job part has its own unique set of credentials. You won't be able to unlock a Snowball
for one job part with the credentials of a different job part, even if both job parts belong to
the same export job.
4. In the details pane that appears, expand Credentials. Make a note of the unlock code (including the
hyphens), because you'll need to provide all 29 characters to run the Snowball client.
5. Choose Download manifest in the dialog box, and then follow the instructions to download the job
manifest file to your computer. The name of your manifest file includes your job part ID.
Note
As a best practice, we recommend that you don't save a copy of the unlock code in the same
location in the workstation as the manifest for that job. For more information, see Best
Practices for AWS Snowball (p. 33).
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