Store files in Amazon S3

This guide explains how to store the uploaded files of Casdoor, such as avatars, in Amazon S3.

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Learning outcomes

• Create an access key and prepare the bucket.
• Add Amazon S3 as a storage provider in Casdoor.
• Serve the files through a VPC endpoint or CloudFront.

What you need

• An AWS account and an S3 bucket
• Administrator access to the Casdoor admin console

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Prepare AWS

1. Create an access key and a secret access key. See Managing access keys.

2. In the Permissions of the bucket, turn off Block all public access, or add a bucket policy that allows Casdoor, and save.

   

3. In Object Ownership, turn on ACLs and set the ownership that you need.

   

Add the provider in Casdoor

1. In the Casdoor admin console, go to Identity > Providers and add a provider.

2. Set Category to Storage and Type to AWS S3.

3. Fill in the fields:

   Casdoor field	In AWS / S3	Necessário
   Client ID	Access key	Sim
   Client secret	Secret access key	Sim
   Endpoint	Endpoint	Sim
   Endpoint (Intranet)	VPC endpoint	Não
   Bucket	Bucket name	Sim
   Path prefix	—	Não
   Domain	CloudFront domain	Não
   Region ID	AWS region	Sim

   For the format of the endpoint, see Website endpoints.

   

4. Save the provider.

Optional settings

• Access through a VPC: Set Endpoint (Intranet) to a VPC endpoint. See Access AWS services through AWS PrivateLink.

• Delivery through CloudFront: Create a distribution and set Domain to the domain of the distribution.

  

See also

• Storage providers