How to Transfer File From FTP Server to AWS S3 Bucket? [4 Steps]

Can I Transfer file from FTP server to AWS S3 Bucket?

“Hi All. Need your suggestion for one of the simple situations wherein we need to fetch files from FTP server and put into the S3 bucket (cloud). Since there are much data that needs to be transferred, the traditional method (manually download and re-upload) is not reasonable. So, is there an easier way to transfer files from FTP to S3 directly? Thanks In Advance!!!”

Why Transfer File from FTP Server to AWS S3 bucket?

The FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is used by a business or individual to transfer files from one location to another on the internet and between computer systems. As an essential tool for those who build and maintain websites, it facilitates the process of uploading and downloading files from their servers. So, it is more commonly used by website owners to store a large amount of crucial data as a cloud service.

To add extra protection for the important site files, it is always a good idea to move files from FTP to another cloud drive as a backup. As the user in the above scenario, you can also try to transfer file from FTP Server to AWS S3 bucket and make a backup.

Besides, some other users plan to transfer files from FTP to S3 for a complete replacement: discard FTP server and switch to Amazon S3. That’s might because they have gotten big advantages from using Amazon S3 over FTP, not only in terms of security but also performance, cost, and capacity.

No matter what’s the reason behind FTP to S3 transfer, what users most concerned about is how to realize it as easily as possible.

Best Tool for FTP to S3 Transfer

To transfer files from FTP to S3 bucket, the most common method should be manually downloading files from FTP to local device first of all, and then re-uploading all of them to the Amazon S3 bucket. This method is advised when it involves a small amount of data you need to transfer. When you need to transfer lots of files from FTP Server to S3 bucket, we recommend you use the free cloud manager: MultCloud.

This free web-based tool is designed to add and manage multiple cloud drives in one platform. Apart from FTP and Amazon S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, SharePoint, MEGA, etc are also available. After you add your cloud drive to the MultCloud platform, you can directly transfer, back up, or sync files from one cloud to another one, or from one account to another account of one cloud drive. Don’t need any intermediate drives, cables, or other hardware to download GBs of cloud data to a physical drive and then upload it all to a new cloud.

4 Steps to Transfer File from FTP Server to AWS S3 Bucket

Now, we will show you how to transfer from FTP to S3 step by step via MultCloud.

Step 1. Create an account or directly sign in with your Google / Facebook account if available. (5GB free traffic data per month for free users.)

Step 2. Click "Add Cloud" on the left side, choose "FTP", fill in related information (Display Name, server, Username, Password), and then click on "Add FTP Account".

Step 3. Then choose and add Amazon S3 into MultCloud as well.

Step 4. Click on "Cloud Transfer", select the FTP server or files and some folders in it as the source, then select Amazon S3 bucket as the destination. Then hit on "Transfer Now".

Besides, you can transfer file from S3 to FTP server easily with MultCloud, just exchange the source and destination to make it. To make your website and database safe, you can also backup WordPress to MEGA, Google Drive, or other clouds that you're currently using.

More advanced settings you might be interested in

The above are the common steps for transferring files from FTP to S3, if you are eager for more flexibility, try the following advanced settings.

✌If the target file already exists in the destination, you can skip the files, overwrite it if source files are newer, in different sizes, and always overwrite it no matter if they are the same, or rename it.

✌Delete all source files after the transfer is complete, which can help save space in the source cloud.

✌Automatically rename the files that contain special characters (that are not allowed in the target cloud) and generate a script file.

✌Keep all transferred files in one folder.

✌Notification: Receive email notification when the FTP to S3 transfer is completed.

✌Filter: Ignore or transfer files with specified extensions.

✌Schedule: automatically transfer files from FTP server to AWS S3 bucket as scheduled daily, weekly, or monthly.

Compared with transferring file from S3 to FTP server using Python or JAVA, it's very easy and user-friendly to perform FTP to S3 transfer. So Why not give it a try?

Summary

So, to transfer file from FTP server to AWS S3 bucket, apart from manually downloading and uploading, you can try MultCloud, which offers a direct way to achieve file transfer, backup, and sync across cloud services. If you want to perform an FTP backup to Amazon S3, the "Cloud Backup" is also worth trying. Moreover, it also comes with some basic features such as "Copy to", "Delete", "Rename", "Cut", "Copy", etc.

In addition to helping with personal cloud data management, MultCloud is also able to facilitate business cloud transfer among Google Workspace, Shared Drive, OneDrive for Business, Dropbox Business, and Box for Business. Its “Team Transfer” is specially designed to transfer multiple accounts from one business cloud platform to another.