In this Article the technique used for customizing S3 URL is fine but it is not the ideal method for delivery of your content using Amazon S3. Please refer How to Setup CloudFront as Content Delivery Network For S3
Go4Expert.com is showing signs of more powerful server requirement yet again and I am in process of looking for best server offers from ThePlanet but this time I have also started to move images on Amazon S3 specially article images but I wanted s3.amazonaws.com in the URLs to go but could not find any good article on the same but some information here and there and so thought I will share on how you can also go from
http://imgs.g4estatic.com.s3.amazonaws.com/banner.jpg
To
http://imgs.g4estatic.com/banner.jpg
With Amazon S3.
I assume that you have an Amazon S3 account and are aware of the process of creating buckets and uploading files to Amazon. If you are not sure of how to do it you can use S3Fox which is a very good Mozilla plug-in to manage your Amazon S3.
First create a bucket in Amazon S3 with exactly the same domain name / sub domain name. I wanted the URL to be imgs.g4estatic.com and so my bucket name in Amazon is also imgs.g4estatic.com.
Now go to your domain DNS. In my case g4estatic.com is registered at GoDaddy and so I go to DNS control for the Domain and setup a new CName for my domain i.e. imgs and target that to the bucket of Amazon s3 i.e. imgs.g4estatic.com.s3.amazonaws.com. Setting the target to s3.amazonaws.com also works but results in extra HTTP redirects.
Wait for the DNS to propagate but for new CName the change is instant. Now upload everything under the bucket and if you allow public read for the uploaded content you will be able to view your uploaded files in the browser.
Note: DNS names are case insensitive, but Amazon S3 can only have lower-case letters and so try to have everything in lower case only.
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Hi,
S3
Bucket Name – http://www.img.mydomain.com
CNAME(BigRock) :
Name – http://www.img.mydomain.com
Value – http://www.img.mydomain.com.s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com
I’ve a file in my bucket. It works in
https://s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/www.img.mydomain.com/dummy.jpg
but not at
http://www.img.mydomain.com/dummy.jpg
It gives a 404 ” File or directory not found”
Thanks,
Kanasu
Kanasu, CName name should not be http://www.img.mydomain.com but only img. It may vary from your DNS interface though but ideally it should be only the first part of your domain.
I know. I’ve created two CNAMEs. One with just img and the other with http://www.img
Still, it’s not working.
Kanasu, can you share your exact domain because there is no reason for not working.
Hi, I am following your advice but seems could not succeed..
I want the following
http://liangpai.s3.amazonaws.com/uploadImage/shareImage/2012-10/506dc1ef71dcf.png
showing as:
http://imgs.liangpai.me/uploadImage/shareImage/2012-10/506dc1ef71dcf.png
My S3 bucket name is “liangpai”. On Route 53, I created a new CNAME named “imgs”, the value I entered for it is “liangpai.s3.amazonaws.com”
After this I don’t see http://imgs.liangpai.me/uploadImage/shareImage/2012-10/506dc1ef71dcf.png
Can you help?
Thanks!
Ray
Ray, your bucket in Amazon S3 should be exactly the same domain name / sub domain name.
Hi, I am following your advice but seems could not succeed..
I want the following
http://liangpai.s3.amazonaws.com/uploadImage/shareImage/2012-10/506dc1ef71dcf.png
showing as:
http://imgs.liangpai.me/uploadImage/shareImage/2012-10/506dc1ef71dcf.png
My S3
Great stuff, this was pretty annoying until I read this and figured it out, thanks Shabbir
The pleasure is all mine Soroush
Thanks lot mere bai it’s success now my website is live with amazon S3 with Cloudfront
do you any internet marketing idea that promot the new sites. etc email marketing, seo, backlinks
Regards
Laxmana Rao
Laxmana Read the following Traffic Tips.
ok I contact my host provider they said Subdomain of CName working fine but why I accessing it. it’s not showing Flower.gif image it’s giving error below:
NoSuchBucketThe specified bucket does not existcdn.vookster.com5BAE85CCE9E1CC87FboJyJ3hGwt5mbfqDZKkGbbA7bqv2Cu8R/4CLteJ4Na1XxeRQT2zs7nmBNGT1KLZthe url i try to access the s3 backet
http://cdn.vookster.com.s3.amazonaws.com/vookster/Flower.gif
brother what you think problem where ?
Your files are not access to public.
Thanks for you repl
ok i have setup new bucket as well as cloudfront now my two url working but CName url not working what is the prolem> working urls:
http://vookster.s3.amazonaws.com/Flower.gif
http://s3.amazonaws.com/vookster/Flower.gif
Notworking Cname url is:
http://cdn.vookster.com/
http://www.cdn.vookster.com.s3.amazonaws.com/vookster/Flower.gif
I have add my Cname under my Hosting not in Name.com
look like this cdn.vookster.com 14400 IN CNAME dtgxnog5a4zcn.cloudfront.net.vookster.com. (last dot automatically add)
The CName answer for cloudfront should be only dtgxnog5a4zcn.cloudfront.net and nothing more.
when add new Cname under my DNS Management that time I am not enter anything after cloudfront url after again I login to DNS manager it showing look like this dtgxnog5a4zcn.cloudfront.net.vookster.com.
May be WHM is doing something.
Hellow Sir,
Iam new for Amazon S3. I did’t understanding how to setup S3 with ColudFront for my site.
I register my domain name with Name.com, they saying if you want work the DNS service you should enable our name server without that we are not able to help or ask hosting provider they said.
What have do I don’t undestand
iam using for vookster.com script phpfox i ask they also but thier side also no good response please help me to resolve this issue.
for setup S3 backet as well as cloudfront for my site.
Status : Waiting for your reply
Regards
Laxmana Rao G
Hi Laxmana,
Let us take one step at a time.
You have your Amazon S3 bucket setup done and so you should be able to browse through your publicly uploaded images like mine here
http://imgs.g4estatic.com.s3.amazonaws.com/banner.jpg
http://vooksterusercontent.vookster.com.vooksterusercontent.s3.amazonaws.com/banner.jpg
Once this is done you should be able to convert Amazon url to your domain url by creating the CName for
vooksterusercontent and add the answer as vooksterusercontent.vookster.com.vooksterusercontent.s3.amazonaws.com
This is all you need and I am not sure what else is required.
I have few domains in name.com and I have done the same. cdn.imtips.in is what I use here at imtips.co and it works fine in name.com
Thanks for help brother.
I have setup s3 backet again now two url i can access but CName url not configure well i think. both url is :http://vookster.s3.amazonaws.com/Flower.gif
http://s3.amazonaws.com/vookster/Flower.gif
my CName i used as cdn.vookster.com
I Added DNS CName at my hosting screen shoot http://www.chatfriendz.com/cek.jpg
but my name.com support say below issue for updating Cname at Name.com :
Original MS from NAME.com
Hello,
The DNS records can only be managed with whoever you have the Name-servers pointed to. In this case your name-servers are pointed to:
ns1.chatfriendz.com
ns2.chatfriendz.com
And therefor you would have to setup the DNS records there.
If you want to be able to manage your DNS records with us, you would have to use our name-servers. However, if you change your name-servers to our name-servers you would have to setup the DNS records from within to point to your hosting. We can assist you with this, but you would have to obtain the DNS records from your hosting provider in order for us to set them up. If you have any additional questions or concerns, certainly let us know. We would be happy to provide further assistance.
Regards,
Henrik
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Regards
Laxmana Rao Gedala
If name.com does not manage your DNS you should be doing it where you have it managed.
I Managed it under my whm panel under DNS Management this is the screen shoot http://www.chatfriendz.com/cek.jpg for it
can please tell how complete setup my CDN on my site
please have look url
http://www.chatfriendz.com/untitled3.JPG
First of all Thank you very much for valuable time spend on my issue
I typed cname field Bucket in S3 as: vooksterusercontent
so url Cloud Front Generote
CNAMEs:vooksterusercontent.vookster.com
Origin Bucket: vooksterusercontent.s3.amazonaws.com
what should I use in record answer field, the both url look like this : vooksterusercontent.vookster.com.vooksterusercontent.s3.amazonaws.com
regards
Laxmana Rao
You have made the simple things complex. CName answer should be your Origin bucket.
hellow Shabbir!
I would like create cname for my domain for amazon s3
I registered by domain with name.com when I enter my CName showing error asking to type (Record Answer) please tell me how could I resolve this issue.
I have screen shoot for the error shows in my dns field
http://www.chatfriendz.com/untitled1.jpg
Regards
Laxmana Rao
Record answer should be your Amazon S3 bucket name in my case it was imgs.g4estatic.com.s3.amazonaws.com
Ideally you should be using Cloudfront for delivering your S3 data. See http://imtips.co/cloudfront-cdn-s3.html
Thanks for this tip on aws
The pleasure is all mine.
HI shabbir,
Thanks for the great post. Does this also work for zip files? I have been looking for solutions on my product delivery with amazon s3.
thanks,
louie
Yes it is independent of the type of files.
Thanks for that quick response. Do I need to use subdomain or can I just use a folder in a bucket. i.e. mydomain.com.s3.amazonaws.com/folder
Sorry to bother you so much.Thanks in advance.
Louie, you can use the S3 bucket but using S3 for downloading means more cost and if you can use the Cloudfront for distribution can reduce your cost considerably. See http://imtips.co/cloudfront-cdn-s3.html
You don’t need any sub-domains and can use Amazon URIs directly