Storing User Files with Express, Stormpath, and Amazon S3

These are slides from a webinar talk I gave on October 6, 2016 in which I explain to developers:

- How to best store user files for web applications using Amazon S3.
- How to build a simple and secure Express website with express-stormpath.
- How to upload and manage user files using express-stormpath-s3.

Transcript

1. Storing User
   Files with
   Express,
   Stormpath, and
   Amazon S3
   @rdegges
   

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2. I’m Randall Degges
   Developer Evangelist at
   Stormpath
   Python / Node / Go
   Hacker
   

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3. Agenda
   - Stormpath Intro (5 minutes)
   - Main Talk (30 minutes)
   - Q/A (15 minutes)
   

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4. Intro to Stormpath
   API Service Website Mobile App
   

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5. We Do a Lot
   - Libraries for many languages
   - AD / LDAP
   - Single Sign On (SAML)
   - OAuth2
   - Social Login
   - Multi-Tenancy
   - Groups and Roles
   - Email Workflows
   

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6. What’s the problem?
   

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7. www.awesome.io
   avatar.png
   receipt.pdf
   invoice.pdf
   Stormpath!
   ???
   

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8. How do people
   usually store user
   files?
   

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9. Database Columns
   

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10. No!!!
    - Makes DB queries for each image view.
    - Slows down DB.
    - DBs aren’t good at this sort of IO (heavy disk
    reading).
    - Slow performance for end users.
    

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11. Your Webserver(s)
    Webserver
    avatar.png
    avatar.png
    avatar.png avatar.png avatar.png
    avatar.png
    avatar.png
    avatar.png
    LOW
    DISK
    SPACE!!
    OMG!
    Backups?!
    

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13. Amazon S3
    - Reliability.
    - Durability.
    - Availability.
    - Cost.
    - Speed.
    - Security ACLs.
    

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14. How S3 Works
    webserver
    

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16. Cool, Right?
    

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17. So… Let’s Build Something!
    

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18. The Magic!
    

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23. This sets up the S3 client and adds simple
    file methods onto . Required.
    

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24. Setup Done!
    

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25. Upload Files
    Path to local file you want to upload.
    

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26. Upload Files (cont)
    Desired ACL for file.
    

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27. Delete Files
    

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28. (demo)
    

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29. Resources
    - https://github.com/rdegges/express-stormp
    ath-s3
    - https://aws.amazon.com/s3/
    - https://stormpath.com/
    - https://github.com/rdegges/express-stormp
    ath-s3-webinar
    - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/lat
    est/dev/acl-overview.html
    

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30. You’re
    awesome.
    @rdegges
    

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