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# Bucket Policy Configuration
Bucket Policy is used to manage access control for a bucket by defining who can access it and what actions they can perform. It allows secure and fine-grained permission management using a JSON policy. By applying a bucket policy, specific users can be granted limited access such as read-only or download permissions without changing the bucket’s visibility. This ensures better security and controlled usage of object storage resources.\
Prerequisite – User Management
1. Go to **Users → Users**
2. Confirm that your sub-user is created and active.
Steps to Configure Bucket Policy:
* Navigate to **Buckets** from the left menu.
* Select your required bucket, Click on **Bucket Settings**. then Open the **Access Control & Permissions** tab.
In the policy editor, paste the required JSON policy
{% code expandable="true" %}
```
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Principal": {
"AWS": [
"arn:aws:iam:::user/708c9b68-ba14-411f-bb4e-9c7a7dd7a617:accessuser"
]
},
"Action": "s3:GetObject",
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:s3:::prertest/*"
]
}
]
}
```
{% endcode %}
{% hint style="info" %}
**Make sure first of all create a** [**USER**](https://docs.zata.ai/user)**.**
{% endhint %}
In this policy, the following values are defined:
* **Effect:** `Allow`\
This specifies that the permission is granted.
* **Principal:**\
The sub-user to whom access is given. In this case, the sub-user **accessuser** is used:
```
{"AWS": ["arn:aws:iam:::user/708c9b68-ba14-411f-bb4e-9c7a7dd7a617:accessuser"]}
```
* **Action:** `s3:GetObject`\
This allows the user to read and download objects from the bucket.
* **Resource:**
```
arn:aws:s3:::prertest/*
```
This applies the permission to all objects inside the **prertest** bucket.
Click on **Validate Policy** to verify the syntax and structure of the policy.After successful validation, click on **Save** to apply the policy.\
\
\
**Delete the Bucket policy:**
To delete a bucket policy, navigate to *Buckets → Bucket Settings → Access Control & Permissions*, clear the existing policy from the Bucket Policy editor, and click **Save**. This removes all custom access rules applied to the bucket.
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