Move files directly from one S3 account to another?

Question

Pretty basic question but I haven't been able to find an answer. Using Transit I can "move" files from one S3 bucket on one AWS account to another S3 bucket on another AWS account, but what it actually does is download the files from the first then upload them to the second.

 

Is there a way to move files directly from one S3 account to another without downloading them in between?

Answer 1

For a straight forward approach, or a tool check these:

http://s3browser.com/copy-move-files-between-amazon-s3-accounts.php

https://www.cloudberrylab.com/explorer/windows/amazon-s3.aspx

Also, it can be done using the AWS CLI:

aws s3 sync s3://bucket1 s3://bucket2

For your bucket, provide the required account details and for the other AWS account's bucket, you can keep public write access.