Question

been trying to search the reason for this error for a long time and can’t seem to find any…

So I have a rails app, and I utilize carrierwave for pictures uploading. I also want to utilize Amazon S3 for file upload storage in my app.

Initially as I am developing the app I allowed file uploads to be on the on :file, i.e.

image_uploader.rb

# Choose what kind of storage to use for this uploader:
  storage :file
# storage :fog

Now upon finishing up development and placing it live (I use heroku), I decided to change the carrierwave storage to S3 to test it locally.

image_uploader.rb

# Choose what kind of storage to use for this uploader:
# storage :file
storage :fog

However, now when I try to upload a picture (be it for user avatar, etc) I get this error:

Excon::Errors::Forbidden in UsersController#update
Expected(200) <=> Actual(403 Forbidden)
request => {:connect_timeout=>60, :headers=>{"Content-Length"=>74577, "x-amz-   acl"=>"private", "Content-Type"=>"image/png", "Date"=>"Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:00:43 +0000",  "Authorization"=>"AWS AKIAJOCDPFOU7UTT4HOQ:8ZnOy7X71nQAM87yraSI24Y5bSw=", "Host"=>"s3.amazonaws.com:443"}, :instrumentor_name=>"excon", :mock=>false, :read_timeout=>60, :retry_limit=>4, :ssl_verify_peer=>true, :write_timeout=>60, :host=>"s3.amazonaws.com", :path=>"/uploads//uploads%2Fuser%2Favatar%2F1%2Fjeffportraitmedium.png", :port=>"443", :query=>nil, :scheme=>"https", :body=>"\x89PNG\r\n\x1A\n\x00\x00\x00\rIHDR\x00\x00\x00\xC2\x00\x00\x00\xC3\b\x06\x00\x00\x00\xD0\xBD\xCE\x94\x00\x00\nCiCCPICC Profile\x00\x00x\x01\x9D\x96wTSY\x13\xC0\xEF{/\xBD\xD0\x12B\x91\x12z\rMJ\x00\x91\x12z\x91^E%$\
...
# The code you see above to the far right repeats itself a LOT
...
1@\x85\xB5\t\xFC_y~\xA6=:\xB2\xD0^\xBB~i\xBB\x82\x8F\x9B\xAF\xE7\x04m\xB2i\xFF\x17O\x94S\xF7l\x87\xA8&\x00\x00\x00\x00IEND\xAEB`\x82", :expects=>200, :idempotent=>true, :method=>"PUT"}
response => #<Excon::Response:0x007fc88ca9f3d8 @body="<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<Error><Code>AccessDenied</Code><Message>Access Denied</Message><RequestId>8EFA56C0DDDC8878</RequestId><HostId>1OxWXppSSUq1MFjQwvnFptuCM3gKOuKdlQQyVSEgvzzv4Aj+r2hSFM2UUw2NYyrR</HostId></Error>", @headers={"x-amz-request-id"=>"8EFA56C0DDDC8878", "x-amz-id-2"=>"1OxWXppSSUq1MFjQwvnFptuCM3gKOuKdlQQyVSEgvzzv4Aj+r2hSFM2UUw2NYyrR", "Content-Type"=>"application/xml", "Transfer-Encoding"=>"chunked", "Date"=>"Sun, 26 Feb 2012 10:00:47 GMT", "Connection"=>"close", "Server"=>"AmazonS3"}, @status=403>

And then it says this as well for my application trace:

app/controllers/users_controller.rb:39:in `update'

And my REQUEST parameters:

{"utf8"=>"✓",
"_method"=>"put",
"authenticity_token"=>"DvADD1vYpCLcghq+EIOwVSjsfmAWCHhtA3VI5VGD/q8=",
"user"=>{"avatar"=>#<ActionDispatch::Http::UploadedFile:0x007fc88cde76f8     
@original_filename="JeffPortraitMedium.png",
@content_type="image/png",
@headers="Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"user[avatar]\";   
filename=\"JeffPortraitMedium.png\"\r\nContent-Type: image/png\r\n",
@tempfile=#<File:/var/folders/vg/98nv58ss4v7gcbf8px_8dyqc0000gq/T/RackMultipart20120226- 19096-1ppu2sr>>,
"remote_avatar_url"=>"",
"name"=>"Jeff Lam ",
"email"=>"[e-mail]",
"user_bio"=>"Tester Hello",
"shop"=>"1"},
"commit"=>"Update Changes",
"id"=>"1"}

Here’s my users_controller.rb partial code:

def update
    @user = User.find(params[:id])
    if @user.update_attributes(params[:user]) 
        redirect_back_or root_path
        flash[:success] = "Your have updated your settings successfully."
    else
        flash.now[:error] = "Sorry! We are unable to update your settings. Please check your fields and try again."
        render 'edit'
    end
end

My image_uploader.rb code

# encoding: utf-8
class ImageUploader < CarrierWave::Uploader::Base

  # Include RMagick or MiniMagick support:
  # include CarrierWave::RMagick
  include CarrierWave::MiniMagick

  # Choose what kind of storage to use for this uploader:
  # storage :file
  storage :fog

  # Override the directory where uploaded files will be stored.
  # This is a sensible default for uploaders that are meant to be mounted:
  def store_dir
    "uploads/#{model.class.to_s.underscore}/#{mounted_as}/#{model.id}"
  end

  # Provide a default URL as a default if there hasn't been a file uploaded:
  # def default_url
  #   "/images/fallback/" + [version_name, "default.png"].compact.join('_')
  # end

  # Process files as they are uploaded:
  # process :scale => [200, 300]
  #
  # def scale(width, height)
  #   # do something
  # end

  # Create different versions of your uploaded files:
  version :thumb do
    process resize_to_fill: [360, 250]
  end

  version :cover_photo_thumb do
    process resize_to_fill: [1170, 400]
  end

  version :event do
    process resize_to_fill: [550, 382]
  end

  version :product do
    process resize_to_fit: [226, 316]
  end

  # Add a white list of extensions which are allowed to be uploaded.
  # For images you might use something like this:
  def extension_white_list
    %w(jpg jpeg gif png)
  end

  # Override the filename of the uploaded files:
  # Avoid using model.id or version_name here, see uploader/store.rb for details.
  # def filename
  #   "something.jpg" if original_filename
  # end 

  # fix for Heroku, unfortunately, it disables caching, 
  # see: https://github.com/jnicklas/carrierwave/wiki/How-to%3A-Make-Carrierwave-work-on-Heroku
  def cache_dir
    "#{Rails.root}/tmp/uploads"
  end

end

Finally, my fog.rb file in the config/initializers

CarrierWave.configure do |config|
  config.fog_credentials = {
    :provider               => 'AWS',       # required
    :aws_access_key_id      => 'ACCESS_KEY',       # required
    :aws_secret_access_key  => 'SECRET_ACCESS_KEY/ZN5SkOUtOEHd61/Cglq9',       # required
    :region                 => 'Singapore'  # optional, defaults to 'us-east-1' 
  }
  config.fog_directory  = 'ruuva/'                     # required
  config.fog_public     = false                          # optional, defaults to true
end

I’m actually quite confused on some of the things in my fog.rb. Firstly, should I change my region to Singapore if I created a bucket called “ruuva”, with region “Singapore” on my amazon s3 account?

Thank you to anyone that can help in advance!

Answer 1

First make sure you use the right credentials by not setting custom region and custom directory (create a fake bucket for free in the default region)

Then I think you are not using the right name for the region. Try setting your region like this:

:region  => 'ap-southeast-1'