{"id":48305,"date":"2013-03-22T12:48:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T09:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/?p=48305"},"modified":"2021-12-10T11:41:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T08:41:06","slug":"s3-storage-for-your-rails-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/s3-storage-for-your-rails-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon S3 for Your Ruby-on-Rails App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the increased application penetration into the clouds, users may face the issue of keeping data in a cloud storage. One of the most popular solutions in this area is <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/s3\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon Simple Storage Service<\/a> (Amazon S3).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/s3-storage-for-your-rails-application\/#Getting_started_with_Amazon_S3\" >Getting started with Amazon S3<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/s3-storage-for-your-rails-application\/#Configuring_CarrierWave_uploader\" >Configuring CarrierWave uploader<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/s3-storage-for-your-rails-application\/#Configuring_assets\" >Configuring assets<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/s3-storage-for-your-rails-application\/#Further_reading\" >Further reading<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/s3-storage-for-your-rails-application\/#About_the_author\" >About the author<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Getting_started_with_Amazon_S3\"><\/span>Getting started with Amazon S3<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>First, we need to include support for Amazon S3 in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) account.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/aws-home-page.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/aws-home-page.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"744\" height=\"440\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58179\" \/><\/a><small>A home page the Amazon S3 account<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Create a bucket for your project, but remember that a name must be unique across all Amazon S3 accounts. Then, you are able to manage access permissions to your bucket in the <b>Properties<\/b> tab.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/configuring-bucket-permissions-amazon-s3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/configuring-bucket-permissions-amazon-s3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"985\" height=\"496\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58180\" \/><\/a><small>Configuring bucket permissions in Amazon S3<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p>After this, we can go to our Ruby-on-Rails 3.0 application and start configuring it to interact with Amazon S3. Most of Ruby-on-Rails 3.0 gems that support cloud storages use the <a href=\"http:\/\/fog.io\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">fog<\/a> library.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Configuring_CarrierWave_uploader\"><\/span>Configuring CarrierWave uploader<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>One of the popular uploaders\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/organizing-storage-in-multiple-fog-containers-using-carrierwave\/\">CarrierWave<\/a>\u2014has a description of how to store uploads on Amazon S3. You can initialize a storage type in the <code style=\"color: black; background-color: #e6e6e6;\">Uploader<\/code> class.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"highlight\">\n<pre><code class=\"language-ruby\" data-lang=\"ruby\"><span class=\"k\">class<\/span> <span class=\"nc\">AvatarUploader<\/span> <span class=\"o\">&lt;<\/span> <span class=\"no\">CarrierWave<\/span><span class=\"o\">::<\/span><span class=\"no\">Uploader<\/span><span class=\"o\">::<\/span><span class=\"no\">Base<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"n\">storage<\/span> <span class=\"ss\">:fog<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"k\">end<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/figure>\n<p>You can do the same in <code style=\"color: black; background-color: #e6e6e6;\">initializer<\/code>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"highlight\">\n<pre><code class=\"language-ruby\" data-lang=\"ruby\"><span class=\"c1\">#config\/initializers\/carrier_wave.rb<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"no\">CarrierWave<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">configure<\/span> <span class=\"k\">do<\/span> <span class=\"o\">|<\/span><span class=\"n\">config<\/span><span class=\"o\">|<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"n\">config<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">storage<\/span> <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"ss\">:fog<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"k\">end<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Now, we have an issue with the development and test environments. We don\u2019t need to use Amazon S3 in these environments. I suggest that we do a simple trick: put a storage type into your config file and use <code style=\"color: black; background-color: #e6e6e6;\">initializer<\/code>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"highlight\">\n<pre><code class=\"language-ruby\" data-lang=\"ruby\"><span class=\"c1\">#config\/config.yaml<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"ss\">development: <\/span><span class=\"o\">&amp;<\/span><span class=\"n\">development<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"ss\">carrier_wave:\r\n    storage: <\/span><span class=\"n\">file<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"ss\">production:\r\n  amazon:\r\n    provider: <\/span><span class=\"no\">AWS<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"ss\">bucket: <\/span><span class=\"n\">altoros<\/span><span class=\"o\">-<\/span><span class=\"n\">blog<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"ss\">aws_access_key_id: <\/span><span class=\"p\">\\<\/span><span class=\"no\">YOUR<\/span> <span class=\"no\">KEY<\/span><span class=\"p\">\\<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"ss\">aws_secret_access_key: <\/span><span class=\"p\">\\<\/span><span class=\"no\">YOUR<\/span> <span class=\"no\">SECRET<\/span><span class=\"p\">\\<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"ss\">carrier_wave:\r\n    storage: <\/span><span class=\"n\">fog<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"ss\">test:\r\n  <\/span><span class=\"o\">&lt;&lt;<\/span><span class=\"p\">:<\/span> <span class=\"o\">*<\/span><span class=\"n\">development<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"highlight\">\n<pre><code class=\"language-ruby\" data-lang=\"ruby\"><span class=\"c1\">#config\/initializers\/carrier_wave.rb<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"no\">CarrierWave<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">configure<\/span> <span class=\"k\">do<\/span> <span class=\"o\">|<\/span><span class=\"n\">config<\/span><span class=\"o\">|<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"k\">if<\/span> <span class=\"p\">(<\/span><span class=\"no\">APP_CONFIG<\/span><span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:carrier_wave<\/span><span class=\"p\">][<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:storage<\/span><span class=\"p\">]<\/span> <span class=\"o\">==<\/span> <span class=\"s1\">'fog'<\/span><span class=\"p\">)<\/span> <span class=\"o\">&amp;&amp;<\/span> <span class=\"no\">APP_CONFIG<\/span><span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:amazon<\/span><span class=\"p\">]<\/span>\r\n\t  <span class=\"n\">config<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">fog_credentials<\/span> <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"p\">{<\/span>\r\n\t    <span class=\"ss\">provider:              <\/span><span class=\"no\">APP_CONFIG<\/span><span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:amazon<\/span><span class=\"p\">][<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:provider<\/span><span class=\"p\">],<\/span>\r\n\t    <span class=\"ss\">aws_access_key_id:     <\/span><span class=\"no\">APP_CONFIG<\/span><span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:amazon<\/span><span class=\"p\">][<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:aws_access_key_id<\/span><span class=\"p\">],<\/span>\r\n\t    <span class=\"ss\">aws_secret_access_key: <\/span><span class=\"no\">APP_CONFIG<\/span><span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:amazon<\/span><span class=\"p\">][<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:aws_secret_access_key<\/span><span class=\"p\">]<\/span>\r\n\r\n\t    <span class=\"c1\"># :region                 =&gt; 'eu-west-1'<\/span>\r\n\t    <span class=\"c1\"># :host                   =&gt; 's3.example.com'<\/span>\r\n\t    <span class=\"c1\"># :endpoint               =&gt; 'https:\/\/s3.example.com:8080'<\/span>\r\n\t  <span class=\"p\">}<\/span>\r\n\t  <span class=\"n\">config<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">fog_directory<\/span>  <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"no\">APP_CONFIG<\/span><span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:amazon<\/span><span class=\"p\">][<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:bucket<\/span><span class=\"p\">]<\/span>\r\n\t  <span class=\"n\">config<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">fog_public<\/span>     <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"kp\">false<\/span>\r\n\t  <span class=\"n\">config<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">storage<\/span>        <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"ss\">:fog<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"k\">else<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"n\">config<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">storage<\/span>        <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"ss\">:file<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"k\">end<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"k\">end<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Configuring_assets\"><\/span>Configuring assets<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Another useful gem that will help us to store assets on Amazon S3 is <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/AssetSync\/asset_sync\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Asset Sync<\/a>. To configure this gem, we should tell it a path where we want to store assets.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"highlight\">\n<pre><code class=\"language-ruby\" data-lang=\"ruby\"><span class=\"c1\">#config\/environments\/production.rb<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"n\">config<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">action_controller<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">asset_host<\/span> <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"s2\">\"\/\/<\/span><span class=\"si\">#{<\/span> <span class=\"no\">APP_CONFIG<\/span><span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:amazon<\/span><span class=\"p\">][<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:bucket<\/span><span class=\"p\">]<\/span> <span class=\"si\">}<\/span><span class=\"s2\">.s3.amazonaws.com\"<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The default matcher for compiling files includes <code style=\"color: black; background-color: #e6e6e6;\">application.js<\/code>, <code style=\"color: black; background-color: #e6e6e6;\">application.css<\/code>, and all non-JavaScript\/CSS files (i.e., <code style=\"color: black; background-color: #e6e6e6;\">.coffee<\/code> and <code style=\"color: black; background-color: #e6e6e6;\">.scss<\/code> files are not automatically included, as they compile to JavaScript\/CSS).<\/p>\n<p>To include specific files, you should put them to a precompile config.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"highlight\">\n<pre><code class=\"language-ruby\" data-lang=\"ruby\"><span class=\"c1\">#config\/environments\/production.rb<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"n\">config<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">assets<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">precompile<\/span> <span class=\"o\">+=<\/span> <span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"s1\">'admin.js'<\/span><span class=\"p\">,<\/span> <span class=\"s1\">'admin.css'<\/span><span class=\"p\">,<\/span> <span class=\"s1\">'common.js'<\/span><span class=\"p\">,<\/span> <span class=\"s1\">'common.css'<\/span><span class=\"p\">]<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/figure>\n<p>To include all your asset files, you should put the following regular expression to config.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"highlight\">\n<pre><code class=\"language-ruby\" data-lang=\"ruby\"><span class=\"c1\">#config\/environments\/production.rb<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"n\">config<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">assets<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">precompile<\/span> <span class=\"o\">&lt;&lt;<\/span> <span class=\"sr\">\/(^[^_\\\/]|\\\/[^_])[^\\\/]*$\/<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/figure>\n<p>We should also configure <code style=\"color: black; background-color: #e6e6e6;\">asset_sync<\/code>. We can generate a default config file by executing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubyguides.com\/2019\/02\/ruby-rake\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rake<\/a> task.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"highlight\">\n<pre><code class=\"language-console\" data-lang=\"console\"><span class=\"go\">rails g asset_sync:install --provider=AWS<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Then, we should put the Amazon S3 config information in it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"highlight\">\n<pre><code class=\"language-ruby\" data-lang=\"ruby\"><span class=\"c1\">#config\/initializers\/asset_sync.rb<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"k\">if<\/span> <span class=\"k\">defined?<\/span><span class=\"p\">(<\/span><span class=\"no\">AssetSync<\/span><span class=\"p\">)<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"no\">AssetSync<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">configure<\/span> <span class=\"k\">do<\/span> <span class=\"o\">|<\/span><span class=\"n\">config<\/span><span class=\"o\">|<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"n\">config<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">fog_provider<\/span>          <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"no\">APP_CONFIG<\/span><span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:amazon<\/span><span class=\"p\">][<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:provider<\/span><span class=\"p\">]<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"n\">config<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">aws_access_key_id<\/span>     <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"no\">APP_CONFIG<\/span><span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:amazon<\/span><span class=\"p\">][<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:aws_access_key_id<\/span><span class=\"p\">]<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"n\">config<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">aws_secret_access_key<\/span> <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"no\">APP_CONFIG<\/span><span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:amazon<\/span><span class=\"p\">][<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:aws_secret_access_key<\/span><span class=\"p\">]<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"n\">config<\/span><span class=\"p\">.<\/span><span class=\"nf\">fog_directory<\/span>         <span class=\"o\">=<\/span> <span class=\"no\">APP_CONFIG<\/span><span class=\"p\">[<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:amazon<\/span><span class=\"p\">][<\/span><span class=\"ss\">:bucket<\/span><span class=\"p\">]<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"c1\"># Increase upload performance by configuring your region<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"c1\"># config.fog_region = 'eu-west-1'<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"c1\">#<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"c1\"># Don't delete files from the store<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"c1\"># config.existing_remote_files = \"keep\"<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"c1\">#<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"c1\"># Automatically replace files with their equivalent gzip compressed version<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"c1\"># config.gzip_compression = true<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"c1\">#<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"c1\"># Use the Rails generated 'manifest.yml' file to produce the list of files to<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"c1\"># upload instead of searching the assets directory.<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"c1\"># config.manifest = true<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"c1\">#<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"c1\"># Fail silently.  Useful for environments such as Heroku<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"c1\"># config.fail_silently = true<\/span>\r\n  <span class=\"k\">end<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"k\">end<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In addition, we can see the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.aws.amazon.com\/general\/latest\/gr\/rande.html#s3_region\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">region<\/a> option in both gems. It is highly recomended to configure it correctly to increase upload performance. Now, when we call <code style=\"color: black; background-color: #e6e6e6;\">assets:precompile<\/code>, assets will be uploaded to a specified Amazon S3 bucket.<\/p>\n<p>So, these steps should be enough to basically configure your app to work with Amazon S3.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Further_reading\"><\/span>Further reading<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/organizing-storage-in-multiple-fog-containers-using-carrierwave\/\">Organizing Storage in Multiple Fog Containers Using CarrierWave<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/planning-your-cloud-stack-storage-and-database-solutions\/\">Planning Your Cloud Stack: Storage and Database Solutions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/the-ibm-bluemix-object-storage-service-in-ruby-projects\/\">Using IBM Bluemix Object Storage in Ruby Projects<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"About_the_author\"><\/span>About the author<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altoros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/nikolai-sharangovich.png\" width=\"110\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-64162\" \/><\/p>\n<p><small><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/n-sharangovich\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Nikolai Sharangovich<\/a> is an experienced Ruby on Rails developer with a deep understanding of the object-oriented design and modern software principles. 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