Configuring Imagen to use S3 storage tutorial | Scribe

    Configuring Imagen to use S3 storage tutorial

    • Martyn Double |
    • 16 steps |
    • 2 minutes
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      To follow this guide you will need: "Database and services configuration" permission to configure storage "Site administration" permission to access the "Admin" panel
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      Navigate to https://your_imagen_domain/
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      Log in as an administrator
      Log in as an administrator
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      Click "Admin"
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      Click "Services"
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      Click "Imagen"
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      Click "Management"
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      Click "StorageService"
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      Click "Locations"
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      Click the dropdown ▼ next to "Add Local"
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      Click "Add Amazon S3"
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      Click and enter your Amazon S3 "Bucket name"
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      Click and enter your "Access key id"
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      Click and enter your "Secret access key"
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      Click on, and select your "Region"
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      Click "Save" and then "Close"
      Click "Save" and then "Close"
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      File management can be set to: "Read Only" where there are assets stored on this location but nothing new should be stored to it "Files managed by" Imagen "Storage service" for full management by Imagen "Third parties add files, StorageService only reads" where Imagen recovery metadata will not be stored with third party files
      File management can be set to: 

"Read Only" where there are assets stored on this location but nothing new should be stored to it
"Files managed by" Imagen "Storage service"	for full management by Imagen
"Third parties add files, StorageService only reads" where Imagen recovery metadata will not be stored with third party files
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      Alert! When set to: "Third parties add files, StorageService only reads": recovery data will not be stored with third party files, so recovery of media will not be possible if the storage database is lost or corrupted.