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   Ashish Mohta
   Key Master

   I went through a lot of posts on Amazon S3, including which had been written long back. But two people who recently moved to Amazon and use Cloudfront had given the best. I have included the links at the end.

   This is how you need to setup Amazon S3 to host images. I have add separate description if you want to use Amazon s3 only , Use the cloudfront and or if you have already a previous amazon s3 and want to move to cloudfront. Good Luck

   Basic:

   1.Amazon Account
   2.Amazon AWS account
   3.Signup for Amazon S3
   4.Get Access ID and Secret key
   5.Signup for CloudFront

   Setup

   1. Create Bucket :

   Bucket name : img.sitename.com
   Permissions : World:Read and Owner:Write / Edit ACL

   ONLY AMAZON S3

   Add custom DNS accoount

   CNAME:
   NAME : img
   Type : CNAME
   Value: img.sitename.com.s3.amazon.com

   NAME : www.img
   Type : CNAME
   Value: img.sitename.com.s3.amazon.com

   Only CloudFront ( With No pre existing Amazon S3 CNAME )

   Creating Distribution for Cloud Front:

   a. Select Any Folder : img.sitename.com.s3.amazon.com
   b. Manage Distribution
   c. Associate CName : img.sitename.com | Copy unique CF name for it : xxxx.cloudfront.com
   d. Add CNAME:

   NAME : img
   Type : CNAME
   Value: xxxx.cloudfront.com

   NAME : www.img
   Type : CNAME
   Value: xxxx.cloudfront.com

   For existing Amazon S3 to Cloudfront

   Creating Distribution for Cloud Front:

   a. Select Any Folder : img.sitename.com.s3.amazon.com
   b. Manage Distribution
   c. Associate CName : cache.sitename.com | Copy unique CF name for it : xxxx.cloudfront.com
   d. Update CNAME:

   OLD CNAME:
   NAME : img
   Type : CNAME
   Value: img.sitename.com.s3.amazon.com ****

   NAME : www.img
   Type : CNAME
   Value: img.sitename.com.s3.amazon.com ***

   New Cname:

   NAME : img
   Type : CNAME
   Value: xxxx.cloudfront.com

   NAME : www.img
   Type : CNAME
   Value: xxxx.cloudfront.com

   Here is the list of tutorials which you can follow at the end

   Amazon S3 Introduction:

   http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/amazon-s3-the-beginners-guide/
   http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/amazon-s3-simple-storage-service-guide/3889/

   Amazon s3 Setup

   http://www.labnol.org/internet/host-images-files-on-amazon-s3-storage/4923/

   What is Amazon Bucket:

   http://www.labnol.org/internet/tools/amazon-s3-buckets-tutorial/3890/

   How to setup Amazon Cloudfront:

   http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/amazon-cloudfront-how-to-setup-cloudfront-to-work-with-s3/

   http://www.labnol.org/internet/setup-content-delivery-network-with-amazon-s3-cloudfront/5446

   How to reduce your Amazon s3 Bills

   http://www.labnol.org/internet/lower-amazon-s3-bill-improve-website-loading-time/5193/

   Posted 9 months ago #
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   lobol
   Member

   Can any body share how much they have been billed by Amazon S3 ? I have scary thoughts and stories on that. Specially when you get hotlinked ? Does Amazon give any protection against hotlinking ?

   Posted 9 months ago #
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   Ashish Mohta
   Key Master

   @lobol I had a talk with one Guy who uses it. He has PV like 1.8 to 1.9 Million and gets a bill around 300 to 400 $.

   Thats a little more but still feasible. Like if you have 500000 you would be charged around 60$ lets say.

   However Hotlinking is a bit of trouble here. I am not sure if Amazon Provides any support. You can mail their support id to find it.

   Posted 9 months ago #

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