Learning Pentaho Data Integration 8 CE - Third Edition

Writing files to an AWS S3 instance

Exporting data to a text file on an Amazon S3 with PDI is a simple task. The step for doing this is S3 File Output. This is how you use it:

1. Open Spoon and create a new Transformation.
2. Create a stream of data to send to the output file.
3. From the Output category of steps, select and drag to the work area the S3 File output step.
4. Create a hop from the latest step in the stream toward this new one.
5. Double-click the new step for configuring the output file.
6. Provide values for the Access Key: and Secret Key: textboxes.
7. Under the Filename textbox, specify the name of the output text file.

If you leave the Access Key: and Secret Key: textboxes empty, you can include them as part of the filename by following the ...