Backing up media cache

[jdaviescoates]

@nichu42 said in Backing up media cache:

Can you give me a hint how to do this in Cloudron?

I like an idiots guide to doing this too

[doodlemania2]

@nichu42 I didn't do the cache bit which can't easily be done in cloudron, media loads directly from "s3" (mine is also in idrive). It's definitely slower and you SHOULD use a cache (in or very near to your cloudron server) if you have more than a few dozen users.

I was thinking about packaging up a VERY simple custom cloudron app that did exactly that but figured my scenario was too esoteric.

When you put the details into your .env file, then restart and all new media will go to "s3" but you have to repopulate your media for historical stuff in your bucket with tootctl - but you'll be able to rm -rf the cache folder on your vps!

[redegelde]

@jdaviescoates indeed, and idiot guide for an already running cloudron/mastodon app would be nice.

Got deepl running with simpel guide, so hope that for adding s3 bucket this can be the same

[archos]

Hi, I don't want to start a new thread. I need to connect an S3 bucket to the IDrive storage. I am trying to add the configuration from the bucket in the repository to the /app/data/env.production file. I have tried just about everything. Bucket private, public, set Cname record with subdomain pointing to the repository, but after restarting the app, uploading images ends with a 500 error, or the image uploads but can't be opened, it's like hidden. Has anyone solved a similar problem please. I must have tried everything and I don't know how to set the configuration file anymore. Thank you all very much for any advice.

[jdaviescoates]

@archos it could be a CORS issue?

Have you already done what is described here: https://www.idrive.com/object-storage-e2/faq-dashboard#cross_origin ?

[archos]

Thank you for your reply. I tried it now, but the result is the same.
According to me, I think I'm making a mistake in the hostname. Please Bucket should be public or private? I've been playing with this all day, I really don't know anymore.
Do I need a Cname DNS record?

[jdaviescoates]

@archos said in Backing up media cache:

Please Bucket should be public or private?

From my limited experience I think either should work but you probably want it to be private (I think public means the bucket itself can be publicly browsed)

@archos said in Backing up media cache:

Do I need a Cname DNS record?

I don't think so, unless you're trying to set-up an S3 hostname using one of your domains, but I've no idea if that's actually possible if you're not self-hosting the S3 buckets yourself. I tried a while ago but then gave up (although seems this might be possible with iDrive https://www.idrive.com/object-storage-e2/faq-dashboard#use-domain but that's just adding additional complexity, so I'd focus on just getting it working for now!)

@archos said in Backing up media cache:

According to me, I think I'm making a mistake in the hostname.

Quite possible.

The annoying thing is there doesn't seem to be any standard agreed upon way it all works and it seems different providers want different things.

On Scaleway S3 this is what my working settings looks like for Mastodon:

# Store media on Scaleway S3 object
S3_ENABLED=true
S3_BUCKET=example_bucknet_name
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=example_key_id
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=example_secret_access_key
S3_REGION=fr-par
S3_PROTOCOL=https
S3_HOSTNAME=s3.fr-par.scw.cloud
S3_ENDPOINT=https://s3.fr-par.scw.cloud

[archos]

@jdaviescoates Thank you very much, I will try to create a bucket in Scaleway, the price is almost the same, so hopefully it will work.

[jdaviescoates]

@archos good luck!

[jdaviescoates]

@archos Note, you also have to do the CORS stuff on Scaleway too, so it won't work without doing that as well,

see:

https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/storage/object/api-cli/setting-cors-rules/

But before you can do that you need to set-up the AWS CLI stuff, see:

https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/storage/object/api-cli/object-storage-aws-cli/

And before you can do that you need API Keys:

https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/identity-and-access-management/iam/how-to/create-api-keys/

Good luck!

[archos]

Thank you very much, it doesn't look very easy but I will try and let you know. Thanks again for your help.

[archos]

@jdaviescoates I didn't really understand the instructions, so I tried Wasabi and Idrive again. The logs show this error.

Aws::S3::Errors::InvalidAccessKeyId (The AWS Access Key Id you provided does not exist in our records.):

I tried to re-create the keys, but to no avail.

[jdaviescoates]

@archos said in Backing up media cache:

@jdaviescoates I didn't really understand the instructions, so I tried Wasabi and Idrive again. The logs show this error.

Aws::S3::Errors::InvalidAccessKeyId (The AWS Access Key Id you provided does not exist in our records.):

I tried to re-create the keys, but to no avail.

The logs where? Which provider?

[archos]

@jdaviescoates This is the log from Mastodon when I try to post a photo. It's on every provider I've tried. Yesterday I tried following this exact procedure and created a bucket on AWS and the result was the same.

[archos]

I followed the joinmastodon instructions, on the Scaleway repository. Now I'm getting this error in the logs in the application.

Aws::S3::Errors::AuthorizationHeaderMalformed (The authorization header is malformed; the region 'us-east-1' is wrong; expecting 'fr-par'):

I chose Paris as the region for the bucket and in env.production. So I really don't know what I'm doing wrong :-(.

# Store data using S3 object
S3_ENABLED=true
S3_BUCKET=mastcz
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=ACCESS_KEY_ID
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
#S3_REGION=fr-par
S3_PROTOCOL=https
S3_HOSTNAME=s3.fr-par.scw.cloud
S3_ENDPOINT=https://mastcz.s3.fr-par.scw.cloud

[jdaviescoates]

@archos looks like your S3_ENDPOINT is wrong. For me at least it's just https://s3.fr-par.scw.cloud without the bucket name at the beginning.

[archos]

Yes I tried that first and the same result

[archos]

Hi, I managed to set up the S3 repository according to this guide. Now the photos are uploading to the storage. I just have a problem with avatars and pictures that were previously uploaded. Even custom emoji are not visible now. Does anyone else have any ideas on how to fix this please?
I shouldn't have added the sync command. I am very grateful for your advice and information. Thank you very much.

[nebulon]

Presumably the app does not automatically re-upload the assets. Maybe upstream has a storage migration script for this? But I haven't seen that so far at least.

[archos]

@nebulon Thank you for your reply. In the instructions it says that first you have to run the command

cd /home/mastodon/live
aws s3 sync --acl public-read public/system/ s3://instance-media --endpoint=https://s3.fr-par.scw.cloud

To synchronize local data, cache Mastodon media to the S3 bucket.
I guess that would have to be a different command here on Cloudron.
Now my images load, but the local avatars, server image have disappeared from the instance and the remote images and avatars are not loading. Is it possible that the remote images will load gradually, I don't know.
I've been really struggling with this for a few days now and the result is still not good.