# Allow use of AWS EC2 IAM roles with S3 file/image uploads

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**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** pr-welcome\
**Created:** [7월 4, 2014, 3:54오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-use-of-aws-ec2-iam-roles-with-s3-file-image-uploads/17197 "2014-07-04T03:54:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [8월 26, 2016, 5:02오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-use-of-aws-ec2-iam-roles-with-s3-file-image-uploads/17197/8 "2016-08-26T05:02:09Z")

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The fog gem was very bloated and @sam removed it a while back.

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