Stepwise guide to configure paperclip default options, setting up aws-s3 storage in rails
Inside Gemfile
gem 'aws-s3', :require => 'aws/s3' gem 'paperclip'
bundle install Generate Print model to hold image
rails g model print image_file_name:string image_content_type:string image_file_size:string
rake db:migrate Add s3 credentials to YML file
# config/s3.yml access_key_id: DASDFG7KACNxIJdJXHPQ secret_access_key: BnDrTnzCTX+R707wYEP/aCEqAsDFG7sgW Add default paperclip attachment options to initializer
# Make sure to add host url inside config/environments # HOSTNAME = 'http://lordganesha.com' Paperclip::Attachment.default_options.merge!( :storage => 's3', :s3_credentials => YAML.load_file("#{Rails.root}/config/s3.yml"), :path => ":class/:attachment/#{Rails.env}/:id/:style/:basename.:extension", :default_url => "http://#{HOSTNAME}/images/paperclip/:class/:attachment/default.jpg", :bucket => 'ganesha' ) Add image attachment code to print model
# app/models/print.rb class Print < ActiveRecord::Base has_attached_file :image, :styles => {:medium => ["400x400#", :jpg], :thumb => ["100x100#", :jpg], :slider => ["300x300#", :jpg]} #validates_attachment_presence :image validates_attachment_size :image, :less_than => 1.megabytes, :message => 'file size maximum 1 MB allowed' validates_attachment_content_type :image, :content_type => ['image/jpeg', 'image/png', 'image/gif', 'image/bmp', 'image/pjpeg', 'image/x-png'] end Inside views
# inside new.html.haml = form_for @print do f.file_field :image