"safe" and "unsafe" too simplistic, I suspect

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / plugins / amazon_s3.mdwn

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--- a/doc/plugins/amazon_s3.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/amazon_s3.mdwn
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-[[template id=plugin name=amazon_s3 author="[[Joey]]"]]
-[[tag type/special-purpose]]
+[[!template id=plugin name=amazon_s3 author="[[Joey]]"]]
+[[!tag type/special-purpose]]

 
 This plugin allows ikiwiki to publish a wiki in the [Amazon Simple Storage
 Service](http://aws.amazon.com/s3) (S3). As pages are rendered, ikiwiki
 will upload them to Amazon S3. The entire wiki contents, aside from the
 ikiwiki CGI, can then be served directly out of Amazon S3.
 
 
 This plugin allows ikiwiki to publish a wiki in the [Amazon Simple Storage
 Service](http://aws.amazon.com/s3) (S3). As pages are rendered, ikiwiki
 will upload them to Amazon S3. The entire wiki contents, aside from the
 ikiwiki CGI, can then be served directly out of Amazon S3.
 

-You'll need the [[cpan Net::Amazon::S3]] and [[cpan File::MimeInfo]] perl
+You'll need the [[!cpan Net::Amazon::S3]] and [[!cpan File::MimeInfo]] perl

 modules and an Amazon S3 account to use this plugin.
 
 ## configuration
 modules and an Amazon S3 account to use this plugin.
 
 ## configuration


@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ This plugin uses the following settings in the setup file:
   empty string.
 * `amazon_s3_location` - Optionally, this can be set to control which
   datacenter to use. For example, set it to "EU" to for Europe.
   empty string.
 * `amazon_s3_location` - Optionally, this can be set to control which
   datacenter to use. For example, set it to "EU" to for Europe.

+* `amazon_s3_dupindex` - Normally, when `usedirs` is enabled,
+  "foo/index.html" is stored in S3 as a key named "foo/", and all links
+  between pages use that name. If you also needs links that include
+  "index.html" in their names to work, you can enable this option. Then
+  each index.html file will be stored in S3 *twice*, under both names. This
+  will use more disk and bandwidth, and is not recommended unless you really
+  need it for some reason.

 
 Note that you should still set `destdir` in the setup file. The files that
 are uploaded to Amazon S3 will still be written to the destdir, too.
 
 Note that you should still set `destdir` in the setup file. The files that
 are uploaded to Amazon S3 will still be written to the destdir, too.


@@ -35,6 +42,8 @@ Likewise, you will probably want to set the `url` in the setup file.
 The url can use the `foo.s3.amazonaws.com` domain name, or another domain
 name that is a CNAME for it.
 
 The url can use the `foo.s3.amazonaws.com` domain name, or another domain
 name that is a CNAME for it.
 

+The `hardlink` config file setting is not compatible with this plugin.
+

 ## data transfer notes
 
 If you run 'ikiwiki -setup my.setup' to force a rebuild of your wiki, the
 ## data transfer notes
 
 If you run 'ikiwiki -setup my.setup' to force a rebuild of your wiki, the


@@ -50,3 +59,8 @@ type uploads.
 
 Copy and rename detection is not done, so if you copy or rename a large file,
 it will be re-uploaded, rather than copied.
 
 Copy and rename detection is not done, so if you copy or rename a large file,
 it will be re-uploaded, rather than copied.

+
+## deleting a bucket
+
+You can use "ikiwiki -setup my.setup --delete-bucket" to delete anything
+that's in the configured bucket, and remove the bucket.