Getting boto.exception.S3ResponseError: S3ResponseError: 403 Forbidden when uploading file

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boto.exception.S3ResponseError: S3ResponseError: 403 Forbidden

S3ResponseError: S3ResponseError: 403 Forbidden

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I had this issue too where I tried validate=False, and ntpdate, and giving "Authenticated Users" the permission to upload/delete on AWS. My resolution is probably rare, but just in case anyone else did this:

I started running my Django app with credentials in my environment for my bucket 'xyz'. Then I changed the credentials to upload to my friend's bucket 'abc'. There was a mismatch between these credentials, so all I needed to do was restart gunicorn.