Cloud Storage Configuration
You can set up the Content Store to use cloud storage systems for storage of binary objects instead of local disks. Currently Amazon S3 is the only cloud storage provider supported To be able to use a cloud storage system you need to:
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Set up an account with the cloud provider and get the credentials you need to access the storage. For Amazon S3, the credentials consist of a Bucket ID, an access key and a secret key.
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Create and configure a storage provider component (
S3FileProvider
for Amazon S3) component in one of your configuration layers (usually the common configuration layer). -
In the same configuration layer, create and configure one or more
FileSystemConfiguration
components defining how the storage provider is to be used. -
In the same configuration layer, configure the
Storage
component to make use of the components you have configured.
Setting up an Amazon S3 storage account
The process of setting up an Amazon S3 account is straightforward and fully documented by Amazon, so it is not covered here. Just make sure that:
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You get an S3 Bucket with "read-after-write" consistency for new objects. As of February 2014 Amazon do not offer this level of data consistency in all regions, so you need to check.
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You have the following items of information about your account:
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Bucket ID
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Access key
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Secret key
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