Setup Amazon S3

Admin > Store Configuration > External Service Settings > Cloud Storage TAB > Amazon S3 Cloud Storage Manage large files uploaded by users without the cost of any extra hardware. Store the files uploaded on your OnPrintShop web store on AWS (Amazon Web Services). Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is a storage service offered by Amazon. All the customers of OnPrintShop can store and manage any amount of data range of use cases, such as websites, mobile applications, backup and restore, archive, enterprise applications, IoT devices, and big data analytics. The service is fast, reliable, secure, safe and inexpensive. Thus, with easy steps, you can avail the benefits of AWS into your OnPrintShop website.

Read below a systematic guide to integrate Amazon S3 services with your OnPrintShop website.

Step – 1 Get Started With AWS Account.

Sign Up with https://portal.aws.amazon.com/billing/signup to avail Amazon Web Services.
Sign In with your AWS Console with Email Address and Password on https://signin.aws.amazon.com/signin

Step – 2 Create Bucket from your AWS Console

The successful login will redirect you to your AWS Dashboard.
To create Bucket, go to AWS Dashboard > 'Services' TAB > Under 'Storage' > S3 >> ‘Create Bucket’ Button

Enter basic information about the bucket and Create Bucket.
Choose a name for your bucket.
Choose the Region of your bucket.
Click on Next.

Complete the remaining steps to create a bucket. Select Configure options, Set permissions and finally Review your bucket to complete the process.

NOTE: While creating a bucket select an appropriate region.

Step – 3 CORS Configuration

In order to transfer data from your OnPrintShop store to AWS, configure the CORS Code to AWS Account.

Retrieve the code from Admin Panel - Admin Panel > Store Configuration > External Service Settings > Cloud Storage >> Amazone S3 Cloud Storage >> Action >> Edit >> "Help" of "Enter Bucket Name" >> Copy the code

Step – 4 Set Up Edit Permission on your bucket.

After creating the bucket, you need to edit permissions so that file is uploaded in your bucket. Without this permission, your user will not be able to upload a file on the cloud.
On your AWS Console, click on your bucket. Under ‘Permissions’ tab click on ‘CORS Configuration’
Paste the CORS code copied from Admin Panel.
Click on SAVE

Step – 5 Get Access Key ID and Integration details

After CORS configuration, there is a need to create ‘Amazon Access Key ID’ and ‘Amazon Secret Key’.
Get the access key from – Amazon S3 Dashboard > Your Account Name on top right corner > My Security Credentials

This will lead to a pop-up requesting you to get started with IAM users. But, instead choose Continue to Security Credentials.

On the Your Security Credentials, dashboard click on Access keys (access key ID and secret access key).

Note: Download your key file. It contains your new access key ID and secret access key. If you do not download the key file now, you will not be able to retrieve your secret access key again.

Step – 6 Amazon AWS S3 configuration with OnPrintShop Web Store

In your Admin Panel go to Admin Panel > Store Configuration > External Service Settings > Cloud Storage > Amazon S3 Cloud Storage > ‘Action’ dropdown > Edit

Enter necessary details such as Bucket Name, Amazon Access Key ID, Amazon Secret Key, and Amazon Region.

Step – 7 Enable Cloud File Upload

To enable customers to upload files directly into your AWS Cloud storage you will have to Allow Cloud File Upload for a product from Product section.

Enable this from- Admin> Products>>Products> ‘Action’ dropdown of a particular product> Settings> ‘Upload’ Tab> Allow Cloud File Upload> Select ‘Both’ option

After enabling this option your customers will see an option to upload large files on the Storefront.

After the successful integration of Amazon S3 Cloud storage on your website, a user will be able to upload large files directly into your Amazon S3 bucket.

There will be a folder created named orders with a sub-folder with the name same as Order Number.