boto.exception.S3ResponseError: S3ResponseError: 403 Forbidden

Question

I\'m trying to get django to upload static files to S3, but istead I\'m getting a 403 forbidden error, and I\'m not sure why.

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Answer 1

I had the same problem and finally discovered that the real problem was the SERVER TIME. It was misconfigured and AWS responds with a 403 FORBIDDEN.

Using Debian you can autoconfigure using NTP:

ntpdate 0.pool.ntp.org