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When users upload assets to a Craft CMS site setup to use AWS, do the assets go directly to AWS or are they uploaded to the Craft server first?

The reason I ask is I'm building an area where users upload potentially large files from the frontend, and it's quite likely a lot of users will choose to do it at the same time.

If the files are uploaded to the Craft server first, I might have to spec-up the server a bit more and would welcome any tips for helping Craft handle the multiple large uploads as efficiently as possible.

If the files are simply uploaded to AWS, I take it that means there will be little impact on the Craft server and I won't need to worry about any of this. Is that right?

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  • They are uploaded to Craft first to a temporary file, then Assets uses the Asset Source to work out where to send them next - either the local file system or a remote one. For handling large uploads in general you could look at this plugin: superbig.co/plugins/large-upload
    – Josh Angell
    Commented Mar 3, 2017 at 10:28
  • Hi Josh. That's a bummer. I've signed up to be notified when that plugin is ready. I guess if a large file is sent to both the Craft server and then from there to Amazon AWS, that's a double whammy. Ouch.
    – Clive Portman
    Commented Mar 3, 2017 at 10:32
  • Yep, but I think it has to be so that Craft can log all the file meta (height, width, file size, file kind etc) as well as index it for searching etc.
    – Josh Angell
    Commented Mar 3, 2017 at 10:57
  • @JoshAngell you should add that as an answer. :)
    – Brad Bell ♦
    Commented Mar 3, 2017 at 18:03
  • @BradBell done! It could definitely be improved upon ...
    – Josh Angell
    Commented Mar 3, 2017 at 18:06

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They are uploaded to Craft first to a temporary file, then Assets uses the Asset Source to work out where to send them next - either the local file system or a remote one.

For handling large uploads in general you could look at this plugin: https://superbig.co/plugins/large-upload

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A simple but inelegant workaround for very large files is to upload them directly to the AWS bucket and then update the Asset Index in the Craft CP

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