= NATIVE_S3_PING
On Amazon Web Service (AWS), use the `S3_PING` protocol for discovery.

You can configure JGroups to use shared storage to exchange the details of
{brandname} nodes. `NATIVE_S3_PING` allows Amazon S3 as the shared storage but
requires both Amazon S3 and EC2 subscriptions.

.NATIVE_S3_PING configuration example
[source,xml,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+]
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include::config_examples/s3ping.xml[]
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.NATIVE_S3_PING dependencies for embedded {brandname}
[source,xml,options="nowrap",subs=attributes+]
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include::dependencies_maven/ispn_cloud_ec2.xml[]
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