Hello JV,

I am sorry for the delay of this reply.

When using Amazon S3 as remote storage, when the user upload a new photo, the photo will be stored in local server first. After the next cronjob is running, the photo will then get uploaded to the amazon s3 server and it will delete the photo in local server.

Hope these can clarify your inquiry

Please can you provide a step by step guide on how to set up the cron job. I know how to set up a cron job on my server. But I don't know what I need to actually run. Please can you point me to some simple, step by step documentation. I have had a good look and can't find what I need.

I have rummaged through the Forum and found:

https://www.mysite.co.uk/index.php?option=com_easysocial&cron=true

And run this. But I get:

[{"status":"200","contents":"There is nothing to dispatch currently.","time":"2015-06-15 21:05:45"},{"status":"200","contents":"No photos to upload to remote storage","time":"2015-06-15 21:05:45"},{"status":"200","contents":"No avatars to upload to Amazon S3 right now.","time":"2015-06-15 21:05:45"},{"status":"200","contents":"Nothing to process for files","time":"2015-06-15 21:05:45"},{"status":"200","contents":"Stream archive disabled.","time":"2015-06-15 21:05:45"}]

And there is definitely a load of stuff (about 350MB) that needs uploading from the Photos folders alone.

Please help

Hello Adam.

You follow this cronjob setup documentation for easysocial. http://stackideas.com/docs/easysocial/administrators/cronjobs

S3 will be trigger using the EasySocial cronjobs.

Hope this help

Hi Izzan.

As per my post above, I have found the Cron Job information and added it in and I get:

[{"status":"200","contents":"There is nothing to dispatch currently.","time":"2015-06-15 21:05:45"},{"status":"200","contents":"No photos to upload to remote storage","time":"2015-06-15 21:05:45"},{"status":"200","contents":"No avatars to upload to Amazon S3 right now.","time":"2015-06-15 21:05:45"},{"status":"200","contents":"Nothing to process for files","time":"2015-06-15 21:05:45"},{"status":"200","contents":"Stream archive disabled.","time":"2015-06-15 21:05:45"}]

I have tried numerous different bucket paths.
I have checked the Secrect ID info

It is updating the database table "social_storage_log" to say that the files are on Amazon

BUT................. NOTHING is in the S3 Bucket.

I have looked on documentation for STORAGE and there is not really any detailed information or step-by-step explanation as to what to do or what the implications are (e.g. 10files sync at a time... Up it? To what? What are the consequences)

And there is no example as to what the bucket path should look like.

I have looked at:

connecttvt-website-easysocial
connecttvt-website-easysocial.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com
https://s3-website-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/connecttvt-website-easysocial
https://s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/connecttvt-website-easysocial


Nothing seems to work.

I have TRUNCATED the table and tried again as it had got to the end of all the images. It is saying that it is uploading 10 Avatars... But AWS Bucket is still very very empty.

I have also add PERMISSIONS to the Bucket and granted permissions to List and Upload/Delete to all Authenticated Users....

Still not working.

Hello Adam.

Can you provide us with joomla backend, FTP, Cpanel and Amazon s3 access so we can check on the issue directly?

Yes... Can you confirm what is most secure way of sending these to you?

Hello Adam.

You can write all your access under site details tabs. Only stackideas team can view this site details

http://screen.stackideas.com/2015-06-17_1039.png

Hiya.... Please find info requested in the TABS as per your email. THANKS !

: -)

Adam

Hello Adam.

I am really sorry because I can't access your AWS by using the provided information.

Please advise me

Ummmm site details below:

I have tested them. They log in great for me. There is no IP blocking or any whitelisting or anything.

Hello Adam.

I have re-create the new bucket in your s3 and set the region as US standard and create a new access key for your s3. But not all of the photo upload to your s3.
http://screen.stackideas.com/2015-06-18_1635.png

I suggest you to update your easysocial the latest version because we have make some fixed for amazon s3.


Looking forward for your reply

Hi Izzan,

Great stuff. Thanks for the support. We have now upgraded Joomla AND EasySocial as well.

We cleared out the "social_storage_log" table and everything now seems to be uploaded onto AWS...

However.... Just a final question:

When do the images get cleared off the server. And, what happens if there are some that seem to be 'left over' on the web server.

I have checked through the folders and there seems to be some that haven't been deleted. They have been uploaded to AWS... but not cleared off. The CRON job has definitely completed ALL the images and run multiple times since it finished uploading...

Thoughts?

Sorry... one more thing. Evidently, there are a lot of empty folders now in: /media/com_easysocial/photos on the web server.

Can I just remove the ones that are genuinely empty... Or do they need to remain on the server for any reason ?

Hello Adam.

By default all the easysocial's photos will be store in S3. May I know with folder haven't been deleted from web server.

Regarding the second question. Please don't remove the empty folder because your user upload a new photo, this photo will be store in your web server first before the CRON run.

Hope this help

Thanks Izzan....

Most are empty. But here are a few that aren't:

/media/com_easysocial/photos/100/176
/media/com_easysocial/photos/103/187
/media/com_easysocial/photos/103/189
/media/com_easysocial/photos/103/192

/media/com_easysocial/photos/107/200
/media/com_easysocial/photos/107/201

Hi Adam Clark,

I'm really sorry that delayed of this reply,

After investigated long time ago, I still can't find out what is the reason some of the photo can't upload in your Amazon S3 and those image uploaded in your Amazon S3 but the image file still exist on web server.

By the way, I already manually help you uploaded those image which stored in your web server. But those image stored in your web server, you have to manually delete it.
/media/com_easysocial/photos/100/176
/media/com_easysocial/photos/103/187
/media/com_easysocial/photos/103/189
/media/com_easysocial/photos/103/192
/media/com_easysocial/photos/107/200
/media/com_easysocial/photos/107/201