Question

I have a page where i store images for each post and i store images in files using paperclip but i want to store it in the amazon s3 instead of storing it in folder. How can i do it?

Answer 1

Let me try to explain it.

1. add gem 'aws-sdk' to you gemfile. (don’t forget to bundle install)

2. create a new file in {APP FOLDER}/config/s3.yml with the following content:
   access_key_id: xxxxxYOUR_ACCESS_KEY_IDxxxxx
   enter code heresecret_access_key: xxxxxYOUR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEYxxxxx

3. Update your model accordingly:

                 has_attached_file :file_field_name,
                 :storage => :s3,
                 :s3_credentials => "#{Rails.root}/config/s3.yml",
                 :url => '/path/tofile/:basename.:extension',
                 :path => '/path/tofile/:basename.:extension',
                 :bucket => 'YOUR_BUCKET'
   

4. At last in your views:

   <div class="field">
     <%= f.label :logo, "file_field_name" %>
     <%= f.file_field :file_field_name %>
   </div>
   

Any issues let me know.

As for the alternatives to S3, Windows Azure Storage and Nimbus.io.