# Configuring S3 Gateway

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-s3-gateway/9198
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 1, 2012, 7:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-s3-gateway/9198 "2012-10-01T07:14:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Douglas\_Ferguson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/douglas_ferguson/32/2121_2.png) [@Douglas\_Ferguson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Douglas_Ferguson)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2012, 7:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-s3-gateway/9198/1 "2012-10-01T07:14:32Z")

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When configuring the S3 Gateway, are there any options to avoid putting the  
acceskey in the config file?

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 3:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-s3-gateway/9198/2 "2017-07-06T03:10:40Z")

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