# Step-by-step for moving large site uploads to S3?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/step-by-step-for-moving-large-site-uploads-to-s3/94321>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 9, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/step-by-step-for-moving-large-site-uploads-to-s3/94321 "2018-08-09T16:01:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gunnar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gunnar/32/119647_2.png) [@Gunnar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gunnar)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/step-by-step-for-moving-large-site-uploads-to-s3/94321/6 "2018-08-10T01:50:53Z")

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> [@mmayo](#):
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> You may need to tweak the input string, as I am not sure if you’ll need the `https://` or not, it’s best to take a look at either the Uploads table or the unbaked post to see what string your replacing.

It looks like this applies to all posts on the forum. I had a look at several raw/unbaked posts and the images are all referenced like this:

`![IMG_20150512_182321|690x388](upload://d5tlLS5VtcU7PAaOgzFsROaB6vc.jpg)`

When I look at the uploads table, the entries all have a URL of the form:

`//jl-discourse-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/original/3X/8/a/8a560451dcba13a7f9d4545368c078e82ef890ac.jpeg`

Which should be correct, no? So, it almost looks as if something in Discourse is adding the [https://forums.jag-lovers.com](https://forums.jag-lovers.com) part on the fly?

Do I have to rebake all the posts?

Thanks, @mmayo!

Thanks,  
Gunnar

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