Using AWS S3 For File Storage in Rails Apps

Amazon Web Services' S3 is an object storage service that boasts security, scalability, data availability, and performance. S3 is a cloud service built on buckets in which you store files and manage permissions. Developers of any skill set can leverage this to store files relevant to their applications securely while achieving near-perfect uptime. S3 stores files in 'buckets', which are analogous to folders. Files stored inside the buckets are often referred to as 'objects'.