Setting up s3: what happens to previous uploads?

[hosna]

If I enable s3 for uploads and backups according to the following how to:

Set up file and image uploads to S3

So, you want to use S3 to handle image uploads? Here’s the definitive guide, but also see Configure an S3 compatible object storage provider for uploads to see how to configure your app.yml. S3 registration Head over to https://aws.amazon.com/free/ and click on [Create a Free Account] During the create account process, make sure you provide payment information, otherwise you won’t be able to use S3. There’s no registration fee, you will only be charged for what you use, if you exceed the AWS F…

what happens to previously uploaded files?

[hosna]

It seems they are served correctly from local storage and new uploads are uploaded to s3 and served from there? Am I right?

[zogstrip (Régis Hanol)]

Exactly, if you want to migrate your existing uploads to S3, you will need to use the migrate_to_s3 rake task.

[hosna]

Its really cool I should’ve known this before.