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Is it possible to use Tridion 2013 to publish static content (jpg, xml, json) to an Amazon S3 bucket?

Anyone have any idea how this can be accomplished?

Thanks!

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    You are going to need to write either a storage extension or custom deployer I think. You could look at github.com/SI4T for reference. It stores content in the Broker DB and SOLR
    – Chris Morgan
    Nov 13, 2013 at 5:33
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    @ChrisMorgan that would have been a valid answer, no need to only comment it.
    – Bart Koopman
    Nov 13, 2013 at 9:44

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As you are using Tridion 2013, I would suggest that you also look at doing this using External Content Libraries (ECL), rather than through publishing.

Here are some advantage and disadvantages of this approach:

Advantages:

  • Reduced CM database size (especially if you are storing large binaries or videos)
  • Faster publishing (well, actually no publishing of the binaries!)
  • Works better with outscaled publishing (You do not have to pick a Deployer to do the Custom Storage and have this slower than that others OR have the redundancy of every Deployer storing it)
  • A single point of truth (the document is only in one place)
  • You can still add metadata and Component Link to the document using the ECL stub Component
  • Access to the content can be closely controlled within Tridion

Disadvantages:

  • Editors will need a mechanism for accessing the Amazon S3 bucket to manage the documents. This could be handled through the ECL provider.
  • Additional Content Editor training (for both Tridion and Amazon S3)
  • The document will not be versioned within Tridion (This may also complicate Workflow)
  • You may need to configure Security with Amazon S3 AND Tridion
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  • Am I correct in assuming that you mean that through the ECL provider you upload the items in the Amazon S3 bucket (using the Create option in the CMS for a new ECL item) and then at publish time you utilize the direct link to the ECL item? I could see that working, sounds like a better solution than a storage extension in my opinion indeed.
    – Bart Koopman
    Nov 13, 2013 at 9:42
  • @BartKoopman, yes, that is what I was thinking.
    – Jonathan Williams
    Nov 13, 2013 at 10:19
  • Very nice option indeed, I would suggest to make that a little more clear in your answer. Specifically, faster publishing will be no publishing of the item by Tridion, but just supplying a link. And the disadvantage of the editors needing a mechanism for accessing Amazon, is actually solved by the ECL provider if you make sure that the provider has the code to upload items to S3.
    – Bart Koopman
    Nov 13, 2013 at 10:52
  • Thanks Bart. I have added some tweaks to my answer. Please feel free to amend with anything that you think I've missed.
    – Jonathan Williams
    Nov 13, 2013 at 11:12
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You should be writing a Storage Extension and custom Java code to publish to a custom data storage.

You may want to get an idea with this post from architectural perspective as how publishing process works with Custom Data Storage:

Integrating-search-engines-with-sdl-tridion-2011

Extending-content-delivery-storage-sdltridion-2011

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