Amazon S3 object redirect

Question

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
         


        

Answer 1

AWSCLI lets you do this easily now (sort of)

1. Make sure bucket is 100% public
2. Make sure bucket is in Website Hosting mode
3. Only refer to site using it's full URL https://.s3-website-.amazonaws.com

4. Use the s3api call to set the redirect

   aws s3api put-object --acl public-read --website-redirect-location "http://other-location.com" --bucket foo-bucket --key somewhere/blah

Note: You don't post any object to S3, because it will only serve a 301 and redirect Location header.

Test with

curl -v 2 -L https://.s3-website-.amazonaws.com/somewhere/blah