AWS Marketplace - Setup Guide (Amazon S3)

bucketAV supports two engines: Sophos® and ClamAV®. The following table compares the two engines. Pick the engine, that fits your needs and click on the Go to AWS Marketplace button.

bucketAV for Amazon S3 powered by ClamAV®bucketAV for Amazon S3 powered by Sophos®
Open-source antivirus engineCommercial antivirus engine
Basic protectionZero-day protection
Medium performanceHigh performance
Maximum file size 2 GBMaximum file size 5 TB
Basic support via emailPriority support via email
$0.025 per vCPU hour$0.025 per vCPU hour
$0.20 per scanned GB
14-day free trial starts automaticallyRequest free trial
Go to AWS MarketplaceGo to AWS Marketplace

After you selected the engine, that fits your need by clicking one of the Go to AWS Marketplace links, proceed with the following steps.

  1. Click on View purchase options. Step 1
  2. Click on Accept Terms. Step 2
  3. The subscription is now Pending. Step 3
  4. Wait until the subscription is active and click on Continue to Configuration. Step 4
  5. Continue with selecting fulfillment option, version, and region.

We provide three Fulfillment options:

Fulfillment optionDescriptionArchitecture
Dedicated public VPC
(recommended)
The recommended and cost-efficient option where the network setup is included.Open diagram
Dedicated private VPCThe EC2 instances run in private subnets (additional traffic charges apply). We recommend this option only if your internal security guidelines require it.Open diagram
Existing VPCDeploy bucketAV into an existing VPC. Deploying bucketAV into an existing VPC increases the setup effort and the complexity. Read the Existing VPC Network Guide to prepare your VPC configuration.Open diagram

The Region you select must match the region of your S3 buckets. If you use S3 buckets in multiple regions, repeat the setup for each region.

Choose the latest available Software version.

Click on Continue to Launch. Step 5 6. Choose the Action Launch CloudFormation and click on Launch. Step 6 7. You are getting redirected to CloudFormation.

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