Using the SDK for Ruby: Downloading Files from Amazon S3
Important
AWS OpsWorks Stacks is no longer accepting new customers. Existing customers will be able to use the OpsWorks console, API, CLI, and CloudFormation resources as normal until May 26, 2024, at which time they will be discontinued. To prepare for this transition, we recommend you transition your stacks to AWS Systems Manager as soon as possible. For more information, see AWS OpsWorks Stacks End of Life FAQs and Migrating your AWS OpsWorks Stacks applications to AWS Systems Manager Application Manager.
There are some tasks, such as interacting with AWS services, that cannot be handled
with Chef resources. For example, it is sometimes preferable to store files remotely and
have a recipe download them to the instance. You can use the remote_fileremote_file
can download those files only if the ACL allows the operation.
Recipes can use the AWS SDK for Ruby to access most AWS services. This topic shows how to use the SDK for Ruby to download a file from an S3 bucket.
Note
For more information about how to use the AWS SDK for Ruby to handle encryption and decryption, see AWS::S3::S3Object. Content delivered to Amazon S3 buckets might contain customer content. For more information about removing sensitive data, see How Do I Empty an S3 Bucket? or How Do I Delete an S3 Bucket?.