Create Credentials File for S3 Keys hadoop credential create fs.s3a.access.key -value <Access_KEY> -provider localjceks://file/$HOME/aws-dev-keys.jceks hadoop credential create fs.s3a.secret.key -value <Secret_KEY> -provider localjceks://file/$HOME/aws-dev-keys.jceks Where - <Access_KEY>- S3 access key <Secret_KEY> - S3 secret key Note - this will create a file local file system, in home directory with name aws-dev-keys.jceks Put this file to HDFS. For, distributed access. To list the details execute below command- hadoop credential list -provider localjceks://file/$HOME/aws-dev-keys.jceks List files in S3 Bucket with hadoop Shell hdfs dfs -Dhadoop.security.credential.provider.path=jceks://hdfs/myfilelocation/aws-dev-keys.jceks -ls s3a://s3bucketname/ hdfs dfs -Dfs.s3a.access.key=<Access_KEY> -Dfs.s3a.secret.key=<Secret_KEY> -ls s3a://aa-daas-ookla/ Note - Similarly, other hadoop/ ...