I have a question about external storage. How i configure a external host to upload my files from ip.downloads?

 

Thanks a lot! I already read this tutorial, but don't have the ftp option on my forum.

Huh? None of these pages describe FTP as an available option. Amazon S3 is the preferred and directly supported option for external storage. That’s why I linked that. 

FTP was an option in the past but has been deprecated - we don't recommend using FTP as an external storage handler.

And its not possible to send only the files from ip.downloads to another domain?

1 hour ago, 403 - Forbideen said:

And its not possible to send only the files from ip.downloads to another domain?

That was already answered. It neither a direct option nor would it be a recommendable one, given how slow it is to establish a full FTP connection each time. 

Ok. Please close the topic.

I am sad to see NO FTP option.

I have a second server designed for mass storage. This would be perfect for me as I am transferring LARGE video files. A slow FTP connection is totally ok in my case for downloads app and video files.

I get that this would be slow for avatars and other attachments etc etc

BUT,,, I need it for marketplace downloads. It would be totally fine for that.

Will there be a solve? Can someone make a custom plugin?

Edited December 29, 20186 yr by SJ77

Why not just mount the second server via curlftp https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/CurlFtpFS or something similar to the Webserver ? IMO it’s always better and faster to do this direct in the OS instead of using php’s FTP feature . 

Or mount it as a network share if the servers are on the same network.

8 minutes ago, Martin A. said:

Or mount it as a network share if the servers are on the same network.

Yea, that's even a better idea

On 7/16/2018 at 10:11 AM, bfarber said:

FTP was an option in the past but has been deprecated - we don't recommend using FTP as an external storage handler.

 

On 12/29/2018 at 4:20 PM, SJ77 said:

I am sad to see NO FTP option.

I have a second server designed for mass storage. This would be perfect for me as I am transferring LARGE video files. A slow FTP connection is totally ok in my case for downloads app and video files.

I get that this would be slow for avatars and other attachments etc etc

BUT,,, I need it for marketplace downloads. It would be totally fine for that.

Will there be a solve? Can someone make a custom plugin?

It's not just "slow", and it can be challenging to explain/understand the technicalities of this.

I would recommend going with one of the other ideas (mounting/curlftpfs, etc.) if speed is not the biggest concern. This will be a lot more reliable in the end. Using FTP within PHP is still subject to PHP's performance limitations (memory limit, time limit, etc.) which do not play well with large files typically.