> I'm looking into moving over to Amazon S3 for hosting static content on > a site that is currently hosted internally. We see wildly varying > amounts of bandwidth from day to day, so S3 seems to be a natural > solution to cut bandwidth costs. I will need to be able to access the > files over HTTPS AND keep some semblance of the current Live Stats > reporting we use.
Are you planning to use Amazon Cloudfront in front of your S3 content? http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/ > Google is a little slim on some aspects of those two items. I thought > I'd hit the list here and see if anyone had any advice. > > This is the only links I turned up on HTTPS: > http://clouddevelopertips.blogspot.com/2009/08/amazon-s3-gotcha-using-virtual-host.html > > It seems to think you can't use HTTPS with a CNAME pointer which would > be a downer, but not a deal breaker. (I've got tons of legacy code and > E-mails that I would like to keep pointing at the old URL while it > seamlessly repoints to an S3 bucket) This is generally true, since the name in the cert needs to match the name used by the browser to make the HTTPS request. I'm not sure if Cloudfront solves this problem. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more informat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:328547 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
