# Requirements for Amazon S3
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Your deployment might include using files in an Amazon S3 bucket. For example, your deployment might use files in the following ways:
+ As the source for an HLS input
+ As the destination for an Archive output group
+ As the destination for an HLS output group

Users don't need special permissions to specify an Amazon S3 bucket in a field on the MediaLive console.