Re: [Duplicity-talk] Difference between s3 and s3+http URL schemes

[Kenneth Loafman]

Jesper Särnesjö wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 12:45 AM, Kenneth Loafman <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Jesper Särnesjö wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> What is the difference (if any) between the s3 and s3+http URL
>>> schemes? The duplicity man page gives s3://host/bucket_name[/prefix]
>>> and s3+http://bucket_name[/prefix] as examples.
>>>
>>> In addition to the man page, I have read Amazon's Getting Started
>>> Guide for S3, and various blog posts I found via Google, but I'm none
>>> the wiser. ;)
>>>
>>> In case it's relevant, I am following this guide [1], and I live in
>>> Europe, so I'm using --s3-use-new-style and --s3-european-buckets.
>> There should not be any difference except that on the s3+http you supply
>> the host name.  The s3 protocol uses the default Amazon host, kind of a
>> shortcut.
> 
> Thanks for the quick response! But... isn't it the other way around
> (i.e. you supply the hostname for s3, not for s3+http)? That is what
> the examples seem to say, anyway.

Yes, its the other way around.  My mistake.

...Ken

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