Simple-S3

A super simple uploader for S3 using Ruby.

• Dec 30th 2012: Added the s3_bucket_endpoint configuration parameter to suit S3 buckets that are not in the standard S3 zone (which is s3.amazonaws.com by default).

Install as a gem using gem install simple-s3 or place a Gemfile within your website directory with the following info:

source :rubygems
gem "simple-s3"

Then run bundle install or rvmsudo bundle install if you're using RVM.

Setup a file called simple-s3.yml with the following information:

s3_bucket: '...'
s3_access_key: '...'
s3_secret_key: '...'
cloudfront_distribution_id: '...' # (optional)
s3_bucket_endpoint: '...' # (set this if you're not in the standard US zone)

And then run the command simple-s3 from the command line within the same directory where your simple-s3.yml file is saved.

You can also include the library directly into another file (like a Rakefile for example):

require 'rubygems'
require 'simple-s3'

# do some stuff
# run the uploader
SimpleS3.run!
# do other stuff

You can exclude files from the upload by defining a list of files within your simple-s3.yml file:

exclude_files:
- one.html
- two.rb
- three.something

# ... the rest of the simple-s3.yml file

You can also include specific files for the upload

include_files:
- "**/*" #default
- /path/to/some/other/file.rb

# ... the rest of the simple-s3.yml file

Click here to view more information about this amazing gem.

http://www.yearofmoo.com/2012/10/launch-a-static-website-with-simple-s3.html