Tutorials showing how to use s3 for static files in Django.

Also includes docker and docker compose:

• https://testdriven.io/blog/storing-django-static-and-media-files-on-amazon-s3/

Uses Django App django-storages. Can use this with dropbox - not just s3.

• https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/tutorial/2017/08/01/how-to-setup-amazon-s3-in-a-django-project.html

A caution: Some people think Docker is terrible:

• http://www.smashcompany.com/technology/docker-is-a-dangerous-gamble-which-we-will-regret

It would be nice-to-have (but not essential) if we can control who gets to download assets from our S3. This would allow us to protect against bad actors downloading everything from our bucket over and over and raising costs.
For example:
Maybe there is a way to configure links to digital assets so that our Django gets them from S3 and then sends the data to the user's browser.

Note: Django has tooling for configuring site-specific variables that should not be exposed, e.g., App passwords. See:

• https://pypi.org/project/python-decouple/

I think we are now at the point where we need to develop a principled and uniform way to enable individual users/sites to configure credentials.

[~aloraine]

Steps to serve media-content/jars using S3.

1. Install boto3 and django-storages

pip install boto3
pip install django-storages

2. In the INSTALLED_APPS array add 'storages' in settings.py

3. Add below lines to settings.py

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = 'YOUR ACCESS KEY ID'
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = 'YOUR SECRET KEY'
AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = 'YOUR BUCKET NAME'
AWS_S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN = '%s.s3.amazonaws.com' % AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME
AWS_S3_OBJECT_PARAMETERS =

AWS_LOCATION = 'media'

4. Remove previos URL setting and add below lines

MEDIA_URL = 'https://%s/%s/' % (AWS_S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN, AWS_LOCATION)
DEFAULT_FILE_STORAGE = 'appstore.storage_backends.MediaStorage'

5. Create a class Mediastorage and paste the below code. (same locations as settings.py)

storage_backends.py

Code:
from storages.backends.s3boto3 import S3Boto3Storage

class MediaStorage(S3Boto3Storage):
location = 'media'
file_overwrite = False

Steps to Maintain Credentials using Python Decouple

1. pip install python-decouple

2. create settings.ini file in appstore/appstore
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=xxxxxxx
SOCIAL_AUTH_GOOGLE_OAUTH2_KEY=xxxxxxx
SOCIAL_AUTH_GOOGLE_OAUTH2_SECRET=xxxxxxx
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=xxxxxxx
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=xxxxxxx

3. import config:
--> from decouple import config
--> get creds using

[~aloraine]

Changed the location of S3 storage from my account to lorainelab account.

Added documentation to Appstore google doc.

Everything is working as expected.

To test:

• Stand up a VM on EC2
• Get the latest code
• Create your own S3 via your own account
• Add a new fake App and make sure digital assets get stored in the S3 bucket: jars, screen shots, logos

Please refer to the following document :

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_9C03q6TD5wjLqfVLKsuDsIEQ4-qrS0JhONO5VBOwaA/edit?ts=5ce56b5e

Side question:

• Can different app logos co-exist? For example, can the same App change logo image between versions?

[~aloraine]

I think there is no such code which supports multiple logos. But it is possible to do.