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Nicolas Durán
Nicolas Durán

Reputation: 292

How to manage third party files in replicable EC2 instance?

I have a file from a library with size > 50MB so I cannot deploy it with Git in my instances. I include this file in some of my PHP scripts, so what should I do in order to leave my instance replicable and include this file in my scripts?

I can store it in a S3 bucket but im not sure if that's a good practice (including external files).

Upvotes: 1

Views: 50

Answers (2)

FtoTheZ
FtoTheZ

Reputation: 426

Storing the files on S3 is one option that I have seen quite often. Alternatively you can bake your own AMI with the file already included, so you dont require extra bootstraping. This should also speed up the whole replication process.

Upvotes: 0

300D7309EF17
300D7309EF17

Reputation: 24583

Files that are needed but not practical to keep in a repository are perfect for S3. I typically create a [companyname]-ops or [companyname]-assets S3 bucket with narrow access- such as a read-only IAM role for standard machines.

Part of the deployment process is to push (or pull) your code, and to pull assets from S3.

Obviously this can be done a million ways. I tend to think of code repos, databases, and s3 as tools that have their own uses for deployments.

Upvotes: 2

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