Updating Dynamic Content

To update dynamic content you can use either the Dynamic Content Manager user interface or the lmbr_aws CLI to upload new manifest content. We recommend that you enable dynamic content versioning to pre-stage and schedule the release of new versions so that players can still download previous versions while new content is uploaded. Dynamic content versioning also enables rollback to previous versions without having to re-upload the previous content.

Updating Dynamic Content with lmbr_aws

To perform dynamic content updates, enter the following command.

lmbr_aws dynamic-content upload-manifest-content --manifest-path <manifest name> --staging-status <PUBLIC|PRIVATE|WINDOW>

• – Specifies the filename of the manifest in the manifests directory (for example, DynamicContentTest.json).
• <PUBLIC|PRIVATE|WINDOW> – (Optional) Use PUBLIC to release the content immediately. Use WINDOW with --start-date and --end-date to specify a range during which the content will be publicly available. Defaults to PRIVATE.

Note
For information on using the Lumberyard user interface to upload content, see Using Dynamic Content Manager and Managing Dynamic Content Packages.

Dynamic Content Versioning

Using dynamic content versioning, you can pre-stage and schedule the release of new dynamic content versions. Versioning your content is not required, but when enabled, provides the following advantages:

• Players can still download previous versions of your dynamic content while new content is uploaded, with no impact to availability. Without versioning enabled, clients will receive errors when packages in the S3 bucket are in the process of being updated, until the update completes.
• Developers have the ability to quickly rollback dynamic content to a previous version. Without versioning enabled, developers are required to re-upload previous content, which impacts availability and mitigation speed.

Important
When planning your versioning strategy, remember to take into consideration that normal S3 pricing applies to each version of an object.

Note
Cloud Gem Portal (CGP) does not currently support dynamic content versioning. Once you’ve enabled the feature, you will need to use CLI commands to manage the staging status of each version. However, Dynamic Content Manager will still be functional, and you will still be able to use this GUI tool to manage your local manifests or upload content.

Periodically, you might want to clear deprecated versions using the provided CLI commands, or define custom lifecycle management rules on the content bucket. However, please note that you will not be able to roll back to a version that has been cleared.

For more information on lifecycle management rules, see Object lifecycle management in the Amazon S3 Developer Guide.

Enabling dynamic content versioning

Dynamic content versioning is an optional feature. To use it, you must enable it by adding a tag to the deployment.

To enable versioning on a new deployment
Create the deployment with versioning enabled, as shown in the following CLI command:

lmbr_aws deployment create --deployment <deployment_name> --tags content-versioning

To enable versioning on an existing deployment

1. Add the content-versioning tag to the deployment.

   lmbr_aws deployment tags --add content-versioning --deployment <deployment_name>
   

2. Update the deployment stack.

   lmbr_aws deployment update --deployment <deployment_name>
   

Existing dynamic content table entries will also be migrated to the new VersionedStagingSettingsTable DynamoDB table after object versions are enabled.

Note that the dynamic content gem enables you to upload content with or without using manifests. When manifests are adopted, these files will also be versioned, and you have the option to update the staging status of all manifest content versions. However, if you skip manifests and upload a folder directly to the content bucket, you will have to manage the staging status of each .pak version separately.

Suspending versioning

To suspend dynamic content versioning, use the suspend-versioning CLI command. For details on the arguments available to this command, see dynamic-content suspend-versioning.

Note that suspending versioning will not revert the versioned S3 bucket to an unversioned state. Existing objects do not change after the suspension, but the S3 bucket will stop accruing new versions of the same object.

To resume versioning, follow the instructions to Enabling dynamic content versioning on an existing deployment.