# Wowza EC2 instance recording and S3 bucket

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-ec2-instance-recording-and-s3-bucket/38790>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [June 12, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-ec2-instance-recording-and-s3-bucket/38790 "2014-06-12T20:49:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dennis\_de\_Rooij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dennis\_de\_Rooij](https://community.wowza.com/u/Dennis_de_Rooij)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-ec2-instance-recording-and-s3-bucket/38790/1 "2014-06-12T20:49:28Z")

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We want to use Wowza to record our streams which captures a webcam. In the past we’ve done so with another provider, but now we use an EC2 instance (54.83.134.13). I’ve managed to see incoming streams using the manager, but how do I set it up in the manager so:

- It records .mp4 from the incoming rtmp stream (I believe I’ve set that up)

- The S3 gets the recorded file on completion (or direct)

- We can play the file over http from the S3 (progressive download, no stream)

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**Author:** ![Tim\_Dougherty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/tim_dougherty/32/596_2.png) [@Tim\_Dougherty](https://community.wowza.com/u/Tim_Dougherty)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/wowza-ec2-instance-recording-and-s3-bucket/38790/2 "2014-06-12T16:49:09Z")

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Hi Dennis,

As a prerequisite, you must mount an S3 bucket to the OS using a system like [**s3fs**](https://code.google.com/p/s3fs/). More info here:

[**Mounting an Amazon S3 bucket on your Amazon Machine Image**](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-amazon-s3-with-wowza-media-server#s3fs)

The module, ModuleMediaWriterFileMover, will move completed files when a live stream recording is completed:

[**How to move recordings from live streams (ModuleMediaWriterFileMover)**](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-move-recordings-from-live-streams)

To playback from S3, use the **vods3** application that is included with our pre-built AMI’s:

[**How to use Amazon S3 with Wowza Media Server**](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-use-amazon-s3-with-wowza-media-server)

-Tim