# About uploading video to s3

**URL:** <https://discuss.openedx.org/t/about-uploading-video-to-s3/16568>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** how-to\
**Created:** [July 22, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/about-uploading-video-to-s3/16568 "2025-07-22T11:25:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![injamul\_haque](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/injamul_haque/32/8573_2.png) [@injamul\_haque](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/injamul_haque)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/about-uploading-video-to-s3/16568/1 "2025-07-22T11:25:42Z")

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Hi All, I am very new to open edx platfrom.Default platform allows youtube video integration only.i want to upload videos to s3 like digital ocean spaces or amazon s3.what will be the process to customize the default feature.Any help would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![braden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/braden/32/46_2.png) [@braden](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/braden)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/about-uploading-video-to-s3/16568/2 "2025-07-25T00:04:17Z")

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Hi @injamul_haque,

You can definitely use videos hosted on an S3-compatible service. If you don’t mind uploading them directly to S3/Spaces/etc yourself, then you can follow the documentation steps on how to use them in a course. The current documentation is here: [Guide to Course Video](https://docs.openedx.org/en/latest/educators/references/course_development/guide_to_video.html) and here: [Manage Video Components](https://docs.openedx.org/en/latest/educators/how-tos/course_development/manage_videos.html) - but though these are up to date, they don’t really have many useful details related to S3. The old documentation here has a lot more details about using S3-hosted video: [6.2. Working with Video Components — Building and Running an Open edX Course - Cypress Release documentation](https://edx.readthedocs.io/projects/open-edx-building-and-running-a-course/en/named-release-cypress/creating_content/create_video.html)

There is also a tool in Studio for uploading videos to S3, but I’m not sure what’s required to get it working. It might require setting up the “Video Abstraction Layer”; but maybe it just requires configuring your S3 credentials. Hopefully someone else can explain.

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**Author:** ![injamul\_haque](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/injamul_haque/32/8573_2.png) [@injamul\_haque](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/injamul_haque)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 5:47am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/about-uploading-video-to-s3/16568/3 "2025-07-28T05:47:28Z")

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Thank you very much @braden