title: boto.exception.S3ResponseError: S3ResponseError: 403 Forbidden
body: <p>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.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Full Stacktrace:</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "manage.py", line 14, in &lt;module&gt;
      execute_manager(settings)
    File "/home/levi/Projects/DoneBox/.virtualenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 438, in execute_manager
      utility.execute()
    File "/home/levi/Projects/DoneBox/.virtualenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 379, in execute
      self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
    File "/home/levi/Projects/DoneBox/.virtualenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 191, in run_from_argv
      self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
    File "/home/levi/Projects/DoneBox/.virtualenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 220, in execute
      output = self.handle(*args, **options)
    File "/home/levi/Projects/DoneBox/.virtualenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 351, in handle
      return self.handle_noargs(**options)
    File "/home/levi/Projects/DoneBox/.virtualenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py", line 89, in handle_noargs
      self.copy_file(path, prefixed_path, storage, **options)
    File "/home/levi/Projects/DoneBox/.virtualenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py", line 184, in copy_file
      if not self.delete_file(path, prefixed_path, source_storage, **options):
    File "/home/levi/Projects/DoneBox/.virtualenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py", line 115, in delete_file
      if self.storage.exists(prefixed_path):
    File "/home/levi/Projects/DoneBox/.virtualenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/storages/backends/s3boto.py", line 209, in exists
      return k.exists()
    File "/home/levi/Projects/DoneBox/.virtualenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/boto/s3/key.py", line 391, in exists
      return bool(self.bucket.lookup(self.name))
    File "/home/levi/Projects/DoneBox/.virtualenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/boto/s3/bucket.py", line 143, in lookup
      return self.get_key(key_name, headers=headers)
    File "/home/levi/Projects/DoneBox/.virtualenv/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/boto/s3/bucket.py", line 208, in get_key
      response.status, response.reason, '')
  boto.exception.S3ResponseError: S3ResponseError: 403 Forbidden
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Contents of settings.py:</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>import os
  DIRNAME = os.path.dirname(__file__)
  # Django settings for DoneBox project.
  
  DEBUG = True
  TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
  
  ADMINS = (
      # ('Your Name', 'your_email@example.com'),
  )
  
  MANAGERS = ADMINS
  
  DATABASES = {
      'default': {
          'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
          'NAME': os.path.join(DIRNAME, "box.sqlite"),                      # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
          'USER': '',                      # Not used with sqlite3.
          'PASSWORD': '',                  # Not used with sqlite3.
          'HOST': '',                      # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
          'PORT': '',                      # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
      }
  }
  
  # Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
  # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
  # although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
  # On Unix systems, a value of None will cause Django to use the same
  # timezone as the operating system.
  # If running in a Windows environment this must be set to the same as your
  # system time zone.
  TIME_ZONE = 'America/Denver'
  
  # Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here:
  # http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html
  LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
  
  SITE_ID = 1
  
  # If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as not
  # to load the internationalization machinery.
  USE_I18N = True
  
  # If you set this to False, Django will not format dates, numbers and
  # calendars according to the current locale
  USE_L10N = True
  
  # Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded files.
  # Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/media/"
  MEDIA_ROOT = ''
  
  # URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
  # trailing slash.
  # Examples: "http://media.lawrence.com/media/", "http://example.com/media/"
  MEDIA_URL = "d1eyn4cjl5vzx0.cloudfront.net"
  
  # Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to.
  # Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
  # in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
  # Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/static/"
  STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(DIRNAME, "static")
  
  # URL prefix for static files.
  # Example: "http://media.lawrence.com/static/"
  STATIC_URL = "d280kzug7l5rug.cloudfront.net"
  
  # URL prefix for admin static files -- CSS, JavaScript and images.
  # Make sure to use a trailing slash.
  # Examples: "http://foo.com/static/admin/", "/static/admin/".
  ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX = '/static/admin/'
  
  # Additional locations of static files
  STATICFILES_DIRS = (
      # Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
      # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
      # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
      os.path.join(DIRNAME, "main", "static"),
  )
  
  # List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
  # various locations.
  STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
      'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
      'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
      'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
  )
  
  # Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
  SECRET_KEY = '&lt;snip&gt;'
  
  # List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
  TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
      'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
      'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
      'django.template.loaders.eggs.Loader',
  )
  
  MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
      'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
  )
  
  ROOT_URLCONF = 'DoneBox.urls'
  
  TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
      # Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or "C:/www/django/templates".
      # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
      # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
      os.path.join(DIRNAME, "main", "templates"),
      os.path.join(DIRNAME, "templates"),
      os.path.join(DIRNAME, "basic", "blog", "templates"),
  )
  
  INSTALLED_APPS = (
      'django.contrib.auth',
      'django.contrib.contenttypes',
      'django.contrib.sessions',
      'django.contrib.sites',
      'django.contrib.messages',
      'django.contrib.staticfiles',
      'django.contrib.sitemaps',
      # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
      'django.contrib.admin',
      # Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
      'storages',
      'django.contrib.admindocs',
      'main',
      'contacts',
      'piston',
      'registration',
  #    'contact_form',
      'basic',
      'basic.blog',
  )
  
  # A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
  # performed by this configuration is to send an email to
  # the site admins on every HTTP 500 error.
  # See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
  # more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
  LOGGING = {
      'version': 1,
      'disable_existing_loggers': False,
      'handlers': {
          'mail_admins': {
              'level': 'ERROR',
              'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
          }
      },
      'loggers': {
          'django.request': {
              'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
              'level': 'DEBUG',
              'propagate': True,
          },
          'django.db.backends': {
              'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
              'level': 'DEBUG',
              'propagate': True,
          }
      }
  }
  
  DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto.S3BotoStorage'
  AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = '&lt;snip&gt;'
  AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = '&lt;snip&gt;'
  STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'storages.backends.s3boto.S3BotoStorage'
  AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = "donebox-static"
  STATIC_FILES_BUCKET = "donebox-static"
  MEDIA_FILES_BUCKET = "donebox-media"
  ACCOUNT_ACTIVATION_DAYS = 7
  
  EMAIL_HOST = "email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com"
  EMAIL_HOST_USER = '&lt;snip&gt;'
  EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = '&lt;snip&gt;'
  EMAIL_PORT = 587
  EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
  TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
      "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
       "django.core.context_processors.debug",
       "django.core.context_processors.i18n",
       "django.core.context_processors.media",
       "django.core.context_processors.static",
       "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
       "DoneBox.main.context_processors_PandC",
       )
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Contents of requirements.pip:</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>django==1.3
  django-storages==1.1.4
  django-registration==0.8
  django-piston==0.2.3
  django-tagging==0.3.1
  django-extensions==0.8
  BeautifulSoup==3.2.1
  boto==2.4.1
  mysql-python==1.2.3
  tweepy==1.9
  feedparser==5.1.2
  pycrypto==2.6
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>A google search for this exception doesn't turn up anything interesting. I suspect I mis-configured things, although I'm not sure. Could someone point me in the right direction? Thank you for your time and consideration.</p>