Comments on: What you need to know to store web assets on Amazon S3

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:54:41 +0000

I am not sure Amazon S3 supports client side certificates, but I can ensure you that you don’t need that. You don’t have to deploy anything extra on your application server to work with S3 using SSL.

By: Mohan

Mohan — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:45:17 +0000

From an application standpoin – For eg; a Java app utilizing S3 to store object – does the certificates should be placed in application servers where the app is deployed?

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:33:14 +0000

You don’t need an SSL certificate to retrieve data from Amazon using https:// . Most of the file managers also support SSL, there is usually a checkbox to turn it on.

By: Mohan

Mohan — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:24:48 +0000

Do we need to download the SSL client certificate to store and retrieve object from AMAZON S3 via https://??

I do not think so. But would like to get some expert opinion.

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By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:23:40 +0000

@Mike – I wouldn’t claim to be the world’s foremost expert but I know enough to make things snappy. Last time I checked, MotorsportReg.com scored a 98 in Yslow.

Drop me a line at brian at vfive.com and we’ll talk.

By: S3 Browser

S3 Browser — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:10:38 +0000

YUI Uploader is a great way to upload files with progress bar.
*flash and Javascript are required.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:17:49 +0000

“Another great use of S3 is for hosting user-uploaded files.” That’s what I would like to do, but how do I provide a way for users to upload their files (videos in my case)? Since videos are big, I’d like to provide a progress bar too.

Also, based on what you’ve written in your article, it sounds like you’re a pro at optimizing sites for performance. Do you offer your skills for hire?

By: S3 Browser

S3 Browser — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:41:45 +0000

You can also use S3 Browser – Windows Client for Amazon S3.

By: Mario Rodrigues

Mario Rodrigues — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:22:50 +0000

This is great stuff. I’m using S3 right now for loading content, but I haven’t yet figured out how to gzip the files in CF before uploading to S3.

Looking forward to your next post.