amazon-web-services

Controlling number of downloads on Amazon S3

Is there a way to control number of downloads of digital content on Amazon S3 or via some middle man software that talks to S3? I already use their timed links, but I would like to control number of downloads also. Any ideas of how to accomplish this using S3 or suggestions about alternative services that could? Thanks! ...

Amazon EC2 - Swap root instance store device with EBS device

I have an EC2 instance with "instance store" device as a root device. Now, I would like to attach an EBS volume to that same instance, only that I want it to be the root device. Is that possible? What happens to the instance store device in such case? Thanks in advance ...

Run JEE app on EC2

Can anyone point me to the steps/resources that describe: How to deploy a JEE app on amazon-EC2 Maintain changes to the meta-data of the app server (deploy new applications) after an instance reboot (probably using amazon-ebs) ...

Is it possible to use AWS as a web host?

Is it possible to load / host an entire website using AWS? Or is it only a service that can load specific pieces of a website - such as images, etc. Obviously, I'd want to use my own domain. If you can use it, are there any limitations? Here's the AWS link, for context: http://aws.amazon.com/s3/ ...

(JetS3t) Can not list the files that owned by me ?

I use the JetS3t to try to list sub files under a folder: S3Object[] objects = s3Service.listObjects(Bucket, path, "/"); List<S3Path> children = new ArrayList<S3Path>(); for (S3Object obj : objects) { children.add(new S3Path(obj.getKey())); } But it shows all the files under this folder, and finally through the help of S3Orgnizer ...

OpenSource or paid JavaScript based file manager for Amazon S3

Does anyone know of a good JavaScript based file manager that works with Amazon S3 Web Services. I need something like http://ckfinder.com, but that works directly with S3. Something like this would be great: http://s3fm.com I will need both upload and download and it would be nice to have some kind of integration with Amazon S3's ACL s...

Amazon Affiliate Links

I know how to setup a form that goes to the buy page on amazon. How can I setup a button on my page to go to the Featured Merchants page so the buyer can choose to buy the product new or used from any seller? Thanks. ...

Can you use Cacti to monitor MySQL on Amazon's RDS?

I noticed that the instructions to setup cacti with mysql mention granting SUPER priveleges: Create a MySQL user with the SUPER and PROCESS privileges on each server you want to monitor However, it looks like using the Relational Database Service from Amazon (RDS), you cannot grant SUPER privileges. Does this mean I can't use cact...

Amazon rest call via android

I would like to perform rest calls to Amazon API from Android. Amazon demands that all ws calls will be authenticated using HMAC signatures (Hash-based Message Authentication Code). I'm missing a similar object to Apache Base64 object to sign my request. Is there a simple way to do that in Android, or even better is there an Android clie...

Stop an Amazon EC2 instance with "2instace store"

I have an EC2 instance with "instance store" device as a root device (I did not know the difference between it and EBS before launching it). I would like to stop it but I can not do it with the command ec2-stop-instances, the output is: Client.UnsupportedOperation: The instance 'i-XXXXXXXX' does not have an 'ebs' root device type and ca...

As an experiment I want to work a bit with AWS. How much might I expect to pay?

I'm about to go to Pycon, and while I have my hosting at Webfaction one of the tutorials (JKM) asks for students to have AWS instances. I've been trying to figure out what some minimum charge examples might look like? I'll have a lamp server with Django and a requisite amount of storage but next to no traffic. Anyone have some guidance...

architecture and tools for a remote control application?

I'm working on the design of a remote control application. From my iPhone or a web browser, I'll send a few commands. Soon my home computer will perform the commands and send back results. I know there are remote desktop apps, but I want something programmable, something simpler, and something that I wrote. My current direction is to...

How can I estimate the number of unique visitors for a given URL?

I need to get an estimate for the number of unique visitors, given a domain name. I want to use this value in a calculation, so unfortunately a traffic rank, as in an Alexa rank will not work. Is there any way, using AWIS or any other such web service to get an estimate of the number of visitors? It doesn't have to be particularly accu...

Keeping a secret key secret with Amazon Web Services

I'm playing around with using amazon web services in my personal project. I've grabbed their AWS SDK for .NET and I'm using that, but I'm a little confused. Access to the web service (in this case, SimpleDB, though I don't think that's really material to the question) is authorized via a private/public key pair. The AWS SDK for .NET A...

s3-put fails to send file

Hi, I'm trying to send a file to amazon s3 using the s3-bash scripts. Using this command: ./s3-put -T ./test2 -k <mykey> -s ./<mysecretkeyfile> /mybucketname leads to: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Error><Code>MalformedXML</Code><Message>The XML you provided was not well-formed or did not validate against our published sc...

What can I use for voluntary donations? (like Tipjoy)

There used to be a site called Tipjoy that would let me put a small "donate" button on a webpage, and users could donate small amounts (like 25c) to me easily. I think it was a pretty neat idea, since I want to have a way for people to give me money, and I don't like advertisements, and I don't update regularly enough to sell subscripti...

Amazon S3 object redirect

Is it possible to put a redirect header on a s3-object? Like a 301 redirect. For example: mybucket.amazon-aws.com/myobject --> example.com/test Preferably by setting a header like this on the object: HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently Location: http://example.com/test Content-Type: text/html Content-Length: 0 ...

Buy item from amazon programatically with c#

Hello all. I need to buy item from Amazon.com programatticaly without redirect to amazon web site for money withdraw? Thanks ...

Submit New Product Using Amazon Marketplace WebService

Hi, I am trying to add a new product using MWS, Here's the XML I am using: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?> <AmazonEnvelope> <Header> <DocumentVersion>1.01</DocumentVersion> <MerchantIdentifier>my merchant id</MerchantIdentifier> </Header> <MessageType>Product</MessageType> <Message> <MessageID>1</MessageID> <Pr...

Should I persist images on EBS or S3?

I am migrating my Java,Tomcat, Mysql server to AWS EC2. I have already attached EBS volume for storing MySql data. In my web application people may upload images. So I should persist them. There are 2 alternatives in my mind: Save uploaded images to EBS volume. Use the S3 service. The followings are my notes, please be skeptic abou...