'
```
it seems these pictures are still stored locally for some reason, even though i ran this migration script before.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [25 oktober 2024 om 22:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-file-and-image-uploads-to-s3/7229/269 "2024-10-25T22:16:34Z")
My guess is that your changed something in your s3 setup and the missing images are on a different bucket or different path than the new ones.
You can look at
```
Upload.pluck(:url)
```
To see what’s wrong, maybe
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### Author:  [@Walter\_Jenkins](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Walter_Jenkins)
#### Post date: [4 november 2024 om 16:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-file-and-image-uploads-to-s3/7229/270 "2024-11-04T16:35:44Z")
I recently had this same problem and was able to resolve the issue. I did so by updating the iam permissions with this role
```plaintext
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"s3:List*",
"s3:Get*",
"s3:AbortMultipartUpload",
"s3:DeleteObject",
"s3:PutObject",
"s3:PutObjectAcl",
"s3:PutObjectVersionAcl",
"s3:PutLifecycleConfiguration",
"s3:CreateBucket",
"s3:PutBucketCORS"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:s3:::my-bucket",
"arn:aws:s3:::my-bucket/*"
]
},
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"s3:ListAllMyBuckets",
"s3:ListBucket"
],
"Resource": "*"
}
]
}
```
I also had to enable ACL object ownership
Here are my full configs when I search s3
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### Author:  [@ChallaPradyumna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChallaPradyumna)
#### Post date: [24 januari 2025 om 22:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-file-and-image-uploads-to-s3/7229/271 "2025-01-24T22:18:57Z")
Setup CORS on the bucket along with the above settings for multi-part uploads.
```plaintext
[
{
"AllowedHeaders": [
"content-type",
"x-amz-acl",
"x-amz-meta-sha1-checksum"
],
"AllowedMethods": [
"GET",
"HEAD",
"PUT"
],
"AllowedOrigins": [
"*"
],
"ExposeHeaders": [],
"MaxAgeSeconds": 3000
}
]
```
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### Author:  [@Rhod](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rhod)
#### Post date: [24 juni 2025 om 00:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-file-and-image-uploads-to-s3/7229/272 "2025-06-24T00:01:04Z")
Is het mogelijk om S3-serviceproviders te wijzigen?
Ik zou graag willen weten of er problemen zullen zijn als ik probeer S3-serviceproviders te wijzigen, met uitzondering van reeds geüploade afbeeldingen. Ik heb hier geen grote problemen mee, aangezien de site nog niet operationeel is; ik ben er nog mee bezig.
Is het mogelijk om de afbeeldingen lokaal op te slaan en S3 vervolgens opnieuw te activeren met de nieuwe serviceprovider?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [24 juni 2025 om 16:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-file-and-image-uploads-to-s3/7229/273 "2025-06-24T16:34:06Z")
U kunt `siteSettings.include_s3_uploads_in_backups=true` instellen in rails en vervolgens een back-up maken, de S3-instellingen wijzigen en de back-up herstellen.
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### Author:  [@Rhod](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rhod)
#### Post date: [28 juni 2025 om 06:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-file-and-image-uploads-to-s3/7229/274 "2025-06-28T06:50:24Z")
Oké, ik snap het. Heel erg bedankt!
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### Author:  [@ericomeehan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ericomeehan)
#### Post date: [1 juli 2025 om 22:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-file-and-image-uploads-to-s3/7229/275 "2025-07-01T22:02:44Z")
> [@Discourse](#):
>
> ## One-way door
>
> Unlike many configuration decisions in Discourse, note that using S3 is a “one-way door;” that is, a move that _cannot easily be reversed._ There is no safe or maintained way to move files out of S3 to be in the local uploads. In particular, the `migrate_to_s3` moves more than just post images to S3; files for which there is no reverse path. (For more details, see [Migrate\_from\_s3 problems](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-from-s3-problems/119064)).
The linked thread mentions a PR to remove a `migrate_from_s3` task, and I have seen no reason to believe it has been added back later, but I wanted to check if this was still the case. I am considering migrating to MinIO and am a bit concerned with making it a dependency.
> [@pfaffman](#):
>
> You can set `siteSettings.include_s3_uploads_in_backups=true` in rails and then make a backup, change the S3 settings, and restore the backup.
I wonder if this could provide a workaround for what I mentioned above. Include that setting, make a backup, disable S3 settings, and restore the backup.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [1 juli 2025 om 22:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-file-and-image-uploads-to-s3/7229/276 "2025-07-01T22:21:36Z")
Ja. Ik zou het herstellen naar een nieuwe server, zodat als er iets misgaat, je nog steeds een werkende server hebt.
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### Author:  [@ericomeehan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ericomeehan)
#### Post date: [2 juli 2025 om 00:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-file-and-image-uploads-to-s3/7229/277 "2025-07-02T00:22:29Z")
> [@Enable hidden setting to include S3 uploads in the backups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-hidden-setting-to-include-s3-uploads-in-the-backups/276535/11):
>
> Ok. I didn’t know. But, what’s the diff between ‘Local Uploads’ and “Files Stored in S3 ‘Uploads’” folder? Also, though I haven’t changed the setting in web\_only or in rails console as told above YET, but only chose the one setting told [here](https://bathindahelper.com/admin/site_settings/category/backups). But still when I ran the backup, just 10 min ago, it showed as if it downloaded thousands of files, (which I presume could only be on my aws s3 storage bucket, and ‘Download’ word itself means it is downloading from remote S3 bucket folder). Also it is …
From this thread, it seems that this setting downloads the individual files from S3, but I wonder if there might be issues with posts referencing S3 URLs rather than local files. I’m not sure how that is handled in the database. I would be interested to know if your migration to another provider was successful, @Rhod.
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### Author:  [@Rhod](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rhod)
#### Post date: [2 juli 2025 om 14:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-file-and-image-uploads-to-s3/7229/278 "2025-07-02T14:41:47Z")
> [@ericomeehan](#):
>
> … I would be interested to know if your migration to another provider was successful, @Rhod.
I made the transition smoothly. I emphasize that I didn’t have any major issues because the number of images or backups was minimal. The forum was entirely for testing purposes, not yet in “production”.
Finally, after several trials and errors, I reinstalled the forum on a new server (Hetzner) and configured Cloudflare S3 R2 (previously, I had Amazon S3), for backups and images with the server that finally convinced me.
I’m sorry I can’t be much help. I’ll see if I can test it on another server in the future.
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### Author:  [@RoldanLT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RoldanLT)
#### Post date: [8 juli 2025 om 11:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-file-and-image-uploads-to-s3/7229/279 "2025-07-08T11:08:00Z")
> [@Rhod](#):
>
> configured Cloudflare S3 R2
With CF R2, do your chat thumbnails work fine?
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### Author:  [@Rhod](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rhod)
#### Post date: [9 juli 2025 om 04:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-file-and-image-uploads-to-s3/7229/280 "2025-07-09T04:27:31Z")
I hadn’t noticed that error; the truth is I have the chat disabled on my site.
I don’t think I’ll be using it, but I still have the same error you mentioned in your [post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-image-thumbnail-is-broken-on-chat-messages-when-using-cloudflare-r2/372078).
However, I’ll keep an eye on your [post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-image-thumbnail-is-broken-on-chat-messages-when-using-cloudflare-r2/372078)to see if they help you find a solution.
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### Author:  [@nickrsan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nickrsan)
#### Post date: [8 augustus 2025 om 23:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-file-and-image-uploads-to-s3/7229/281 "2025-08-08T23:07:20Z")
Bedankt Walter! Ik kwam hier om hetzelfde te posten, maar zag dat jij het al had gedaan.
@Discourse is er een kans dat de inhoud van Walters bericht wordt geïntegreerd in het oorspronkelijke bericht?
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### Author:  [@mingyu\_zhao](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mingyu_zhao)
#### Post date: [25 oktober 2025 om 02:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-file-and-image-uploads-to-s3/7229/282 "2025-10-25T02:43:17Z")
Can I upload videos to S3? Currently, when I upload videos, only the cover image is uploaded to S3, but the video itself cannot be uploaded.
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