Getting Started With Amazon S3
By Robert Safuto on Mar 23, 2008 in Tutorial
This video shows you how to get started using the Amazon Simple Storage Service which is also called Amazon S3. I introduce you to the S3 Fox add-on for Firefox that allows you to manage your files on S3. And I point you to the Amazon S3 plugin for WordPress that lets you seamlessly integrate your WordPress site with the S3 service.
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LS | Oct 9, 2008 | Reply
I had trouble using the S3fox regarding backing up an external drive such as the D: drive since by default it only seems to show C: drive. Tried using the sync folder featured by S3fox errors. Any advice?
L.
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Robert Safuto | Oct 25, 2008 | Reply
I wish I could help out there LS, but alas I can’t. I don’t use S3 to make full backups.
Andy | Feb 27, 2009 | Reply
Thanks for the well thought out tutorials. Just a question about your CNAME reords. Did your CNAME endpoint go to s3.amazonaws.com? Shouldn’t it be bucketname.s3.amazonaws.com?
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/index.html?VirtualHosting.html
Robert Safuto | Feb 27, 2009 | Reply
Andy: The creation of the CNAME record may be different depending on your host. My host provides a form where I enter the value, in this case “media”, and then the host creates the full bucket url for me. So when I create the CNAME for media.awakenedvoice.com I enter the “media” in the name field and then s3.amazonaws.com in the value field and my host creates a CNAME record that is comparable to the one in the Amazon help document you linked to. So your process may be a little different if you use a different process for creating the CNAME record.
Kyle | Apr 4, 2009 | Reply
Incredibly helpful. Spent quite a while digging through Amazon’s help documents and didn’t get anywhere. 20 minutes on your site, and I now know everything I need. A million thanks.
Robert Safuto | Jul 1, 2009 | Reply
I recommend the Brad Sucks digital download store. I use it and it works well for me.
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