Comments on: How to Alias a Domain Name or Sub Domain to Amazon S3 http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3 My personal take on tech Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:40:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: komin http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-66425 komin Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:51:53 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-66425 Just what I needed, thanks! Just what I needed, thanks!

]]> By: ROW http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-47864 ROW Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:22:50 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-47864 Well, I take back what I said above because I am able to access the robots.txt even if my bucket is not set to read for all. This is out of my understanding. May be Carlton you can throw some light? Now given this, I am just setting my robots.txt to be read by everyone while other files will only use time limited expiring URL's. Well, I take back what I said above because I am able to access the robots.txt even if my bucket is not set to read for all. This is out of my understanding. May be Carlton you can throw some light?

Now given this, I am just setting my robots.txt to be read by everyone while other files will only use time limited expiring URL's.

]]> By: ROW http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-47861 ROW Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:07:15 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-47861 Hi Carlton, That was an amazing explanation. Thanks a lot. A point regarding "final steps": 1) I recommend setting the bucket permission to "full control by owner" only and setting the permissions of the files within the bucket to "full control by owner, read access for everyone". This will prevent people from being able to browse/list the files in your bucket. 2) If you don't want Google (or Google Images) to index the files in your subdomain, create a file named robots.txt containing the following and copy it into your bucket: Given the settings you did in #1 I think you can leave out #2. Reason being, If you set "full control by owner" ONLY for the bucket then googlebot will NOT be able to read the robots.txt that is placed in the bucket. Hence whether you have the robots.txt or not it won't make any difference. Hi Carlton,

That was an amazing explanation. Thanks a lot.

A point regarding "final steps":

1) I recommend setting the bucket permission to "full control by owner" only and setting the permissions of the files within the bucket to "full control by owner, read access for everyone". This will prevent people from being able to browse/list the files in your bucket.

2) If you don't want Google (or Google Images) to index the files in your subdomain, create a file named robots.txt containing the following and copy it into your bucket:

Given the settings you did in #1 I think you can leave out #2. Reason being, If you set "full control by owner" ONLY for the bucket then googlebot will NOT be able to read the robots.txt that is placed in the bucket. Hence whether you have the robots.txt or not it won't make any difference.

]]> By: Carlton Bale http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-36501 Carlton Bale Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:32:34 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-36501 S3 doesn't support FTP. You'll need a program that's implemented the S3 protocol and supports a command line interface, such as <a href="http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/thread.jspa?threadID=11975&start=0&tstart=0" rel="nofollow">S3 Sync for Ruby</a>. S3 doesn't support FTP. You'll need a program that's implemented the S3 protocol and supports a command line interface, such as S3 Sync for Ruby.

]]> By: Matt Auckland http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-36498 Matt Auckland Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:15:44 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-36498 Great article, just what I was looking for. Thanks to Chris @ stillbreathing.co.uk for pointing it out. One question, can you ftp and interact with a bucket and its content? I need to be able to upload and delete content oo the subdomain/bucket via scripts excuted from my main server. Matt Great article, just what I was looking for. Thanks to Chris @ stillbreathing.co.uk for pointing it out.

One question, can you ftp and interact with a bucket and its content? I need to be able to upload and delete content oo the subdomain/bucket via scripts excuted from my main server.

Matt

]]> By: Amazon S3 for beginners — Matthew Ogston http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-32824 Amazon S3 for beginners — Matthew Ogston Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:45:53 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-32824 [...] Update: If you would like to use your own domain for accessing your files stored on S3 (e.g. cdn.mydomain.com instead of my-assets.s3.amazonaws.com), then you’ll find this article useful: How to Alias a Domain Name or Sub Domain to Amazon S3 [...] [...] Update: If you would like to use your own domain for accessing your files stored on S3 (e.g. cdn.mydomain.com instead of my-assets.s3.amazonaws.com), then you'll find this article useful: How to Alias a Domain Name or Sub Domain to Amazon S3 [...]

]]> By: Khal http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-28738 Khal Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:08:33 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-28738 Hi I tried doing this. Took a few attempts .. but got it working.. both this post and this post http://www.wrichards.com/blog/2009/02/customize-your-amazon-s3-url/comment-page-1/#comment-135 were never clear on things.. let me give it a shot for people who get stuck.. You want your url like http://superman.site.com/ Or http://coolservername.site.com/ agreed? Good.. 1) Create your subdomain on your domain Cpanel folder. For this example, I own test.com and the subdomain I created is batman.test.com 2) Open Cloud Explorer (free amazon s3 kit) and create your bucket.. this is the important part.. your bucket name must be your entire subdomain name So create "batman.test.com" as a bucket and not "batman" NOW you can follow the rest of these tutorials 3) Your name should be a new CNAME entry for your domain. For my example of batman.test.com, the entry was: * Name: batman * Type: CNAME * Value: s3.amazonaws.com. * (If you are an European users, use s3-external-3.amazonaws.com. instead) Thats it! http://test.batman.com/loads/bucket/subfolders/logo.png Enjoy!! Hi

I tried doing this. Took a few attempts .. but got it working.. both this post and this post

http://www.wrichards.com/blog/2009/02/customize-your-amazon-s3-url/comment-page-1/#comment-135

were never clear on things.. let me give it a shot for people who get stuck..

You want your url like

http://superman.site.com/

Or

http://coolservername.site.com/

agreed?

Good..

1) Create your subdomain on your domain Cpanel folder.

For this example, I own test.com and the subdomain I created is batman.test.com

2) Open Cloud Explorer (free amazon s3 kit) and create your bucket.. this is the important part..

your bucket name must be your entire subdomain name

So create
"batman.test.com" as a bucket and not "batman"

NOW you can follow the rest of these tutorials

3) Your name should be a new CNAME entry for your domain. For my example of batman.test.com, the entry was:

* Name: batman
* Type: CNAME
* Value: s3.amazonaws.com.
* (If you are an European users, use s3-external-3.amazonaws.com. instead)

Thats it!

http://test.batman.com/loads/bucket/subfolders/logo.png

Enjoy!!

]]> By: Jon http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-19925 Jon Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:22:11 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-19925 Hey thanks for this, it's exactly what I was looking for and worked perfectly. Hey thanks for this, it's exactly what I was looking for and worked perfectly.

]]> By: Ross McMillan http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-7924 Ross McMillan Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:47:26 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-7924 AWS documentation mentions that https sites will give a certificate mismatch error. AWS documentation mentions that https sites will give a certificate mismatch error.

]]> By: Virtual1 http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-4424 Virtual1 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:07:22 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-4424 Thanks for the great description of exactly how to handle the CNAME. The Amazon doc is not too clear :-) I have this somewhat setup now with a couple of mp3 files and it goes right to the file and plays in Quicktime through FF. However, in IE, I get a Certificate Error. Thanks for the great description of exactly how to handle the CNAME. The Amazon doc is not too clear :-)

I have this somewhat setup now with a couple of mp3 files and it goes right to the file and plays in Quicktime through FF. However, in IE, I get a Certificate Error.

]]> By: Barkeeper http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-4259 Barkeeper Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:28:24 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-4259 I've tried a while before I found out in your tutorial, that the bucket name must match the subdomain name - thx a lot for the description! I've tried a while before I found out in your tutorial, that the bucket name must match the subdomain name – thx a lot for the description!

]]> By: Sander http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-4131 Sander Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:53:49 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-4131 Thanks for the clear description on how to get this to work. It works great! Thanks for the clear description on how to get this to work. It works great!

]]> By: Carlton Bale http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-4079 Carlton Bale Sat, 31 May 2008 12:47:53 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-4079 Meister: Thanks for the tip. Meister: Thanks for the tip.

]]> By: Meister http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-4078 Meister Sat, 31 May 2008 12:43:31 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-4078 With European bucket, you should create the CNAME to "s3-external-3.amazonaws.com" With European bucket, you should create the CNAME to "s3-external-3.amazonaws.com"

]]> By: Ola http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-4075 Ola Mon, 26 May 2008 12:41:06 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-4075 I have the same problem with a european bucket. Otherwise i guess it was a great guide ;) I have the same problem with a european bucket. Otherwise i guess it was a great guide ;)

]]> By: Mierco http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-3759 Mierco Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:30:51 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-3759 Thanks for publishing your tutorial. Worked just perfectly for the last few weeks. Actually it still works but not for european buckets anymore. If you access an EU bucket over the subdomain http://server.domain.com/ you'll instantly forwarded to: http://server.domain.com.s3-external-3.amazonaws.com/ I noticed it today, so I guess Amazon changed some settings not more than a week ago. I hope this is interesting for you and I'm looking forward for a reply :-) Thanks for publishing your tutorial. Worked just perfectly for the last few weeks.
Actually it still works but not for european buckets anymore.

If you access an EU bucket over the subdomain http://server.domain.com/ you'll instantly forwarded to:
http://server.domain.com.s3-external-3.amazonaws.com/
I noticed it today, so I guess Amazon changed some settings not more than a week ago.

I hope this is interesting for you and I'm looking forward for a reply :-)

]]> By: randulo http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-3580 randulo Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:13:22 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-3580 Thanks a million for writing this, it was exactly what I needed! Thanks a million for writing this, it was exactly what I needed!

]]> By: Yuri http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-3559 Yuri Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:59:11 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-3559 Thank you very much for posting this article, it's a VERY important thing, and still after reading AWS articles & docs I had no clue whether it's possible or not. I'm really excited about opportunities given by the S3, but it was quite upsetting to think that one couldn't use own dns there. It's one thing if you start a project that uses Amazon's brand (by mentioning AWS in its description and URLs of the files) to gain some credibility - but for many serious projects that have their own brands etc it's better not to confuse users with links to Amazon. And the the Google problem that's mentioned by you is a very important issue as well. So, again, thank you very much for this article! Thank you very much for posting this article, it's a VERY important thing, and still after reading AWS articles & docs I had no clue whether it's possible or not.

I'm really excited about opportunities given by the S3, but it was quite upsetting to think that one couldn't use own dns there.

It's one thing if you start a project that uses Amazon's brand (by mentioning AWS in its description and URLs of the files) to gain some credibility – but for many serious projects that have their own brands etc it's better not to confuse users with links to Amazon.

And the the Google problem that's mentioned by you is a very important issue as well.

So, again, thank you very much for this article!

]]> By: asder http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-3525 asder Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:07:34 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-3525 Thanks Thanks

]]> By: Carlton Bale http://carltonbale.com/how-to-alias-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/comment-page-1#comment-3518 Carlton Bale Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:10:12 +0000 http://www.carltonbale.com/2007/09/how-to-forward-a-domain-name-or-sub-domain-to-amazon-s3/#comment-3518 Matthias: Thanks for the correction; the post has been updated. Matthias: Thanks for the correction; the post has been updated.

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