Note: this post applies to CloudBerry Explorer 2.3 and later.
As always we are trying to stay on top of the new functionality offered by Amazon S3 to offer the most compelling Amazon S3 and CloudFront client on Windows platform.
In this release we are introducing a support for CloudFront Default Object. This exciting feature allows you to designate a certain page in your bucket to become a default webpage. In other words let’s say you host your static website on CloudFront and CNAME is configured for www.mydomain.com
Previously you had to resort to some tricks to be able to access your website using www.mydomain.com URL or give the users a direct URL to your default page e.g. www.mydomain.com/index.html With the Default Object support you can just point your browser to www.mydomain.com and the default index.html page will be served automatically.
Newer release of CloudBerry S3 Explorer allows you to specify default object on the distribution configuration dialog:
As always we would be happy to hear your feedback and you are welcome to post a comment.
CloudBerry S3 Explorer is a Windows freeware product that helps managing Amazon S3 storage and CloudFront . You can download it at http://cloudberrylab.com/
CloudBerry S3 Explorer PRO is a Windows program that helps managing Amazon S3 storage and CloudFront . You can download it at http://pro.cloudberrylab.com/ It is priced at $39.99
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3 comments:
I just downloaded v.2.3.0.43 on a 15-day free trial.
I must be an idiot.
How does one get to the "distribution configuration dialog"?
Nevermind. Found it.
You need to be in the S3 root and select the bucket, not in the bucket's root-folder where the default object lives.
Which is kind of quirky when you think of it. Since being in the bucket root folder implicitly and incontrovertibly identifies the bucket of discourse.
No?
Thanks, Steve! We will consider your feedback to improve our product in the future.
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