Resolving Forbidden Errors When Connecting S3 for Media File Storage

I’m following this tutorial (https://youtu.be/JQVQcNN0cXE?si=wTU94VBwj9Nf4aT0&t=341) to connect to S3 for media file storage, but I keep encountering forbidden errors. I’ve confirmed that my AWS access codes are correct—with no extra spaces or quotes—and that all AWS settings match the tutorial exactly. I also have the necessary libraries installed.

Below is my AWS configuration setup for reference:

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35  print(environ["AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_ID"])
  1 AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = environ["AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"]
  2 AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_ID = environ["AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY_ID"]
  3 
  4 AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = environ["AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME"]
  5 AWS_S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN = f"{AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME}.s3.amazonaws.com"
  6 # If a name collision happens, aws will fix it for us and rename new files.
  7 AWS_S3_FILE_OVERWRITE = False
  8 
  9 AWS_S3_SIGNATURE_NAME = "s3v4"
 10 AWS_S3_REGION_NAME = "us-east-1"
 11 AWS_DEFAULT_ACL = None
 12 AWS_S3_VERITY = True
 13 
 14 STORAGES = {
 15     # media files
 16     "default": {
 17         "BACKEND": "storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage",
 18     },
 19     # css, js, etc
 20     "staticfiles": {
 21         "BACKEND": "storages.backends.s3boto3.S3Boto3Storage",
 22     },
 23 }
 24 
 25 MEDIA_URL = "/media/"
 26 # MEDIA_URL = f"//{AWS_S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN}/media/"
 27 MEDIA_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "media"
 28 # MEDIA_ROOT = MEDIA_URL

I would appreciate any guidance on resolving these forbidden errors.