Lock Downloads in discourse

[sushant098123]

hi i want to lock downloads. When user try to download file that is uploaded in topic. he need to be logged in how to do that?

[merefield (Robert)]

I believe you need to set up “Secure Media”:

Secure Media Uploads

Added in the Discourse 2.4 release in February is the Secure Media feature, which provides a higher degree of security for ALL uploads (images, video, audio, text, pdfs, zips, and others) within a Discourse instance. Prerequisites You must have S3 uploads enabled on your site, which needs the following settings to be filled: S3 access key id S3 secret access key S3 region S3 upload bucket You also must be using an S3 bucket that does not have a Public bucket policy, and you need to make sure…

[Stephen]

AFAIK secure media uploads mirrors the access control of the post where the file is uploaded.

So, unless:

• the site is login required
• the topic is in a secured category
• the topic is a PM

The download will be available, as the topic is available.