Digital Ocean Spaces

Digital Ocean spaces provide s3 compatible object storage. Below is how you can set one up. Login to your Digital Ocean account and click create and choose spaces.

spaces

Settings

Choose a data center closest to your servers.

choose a region

Also be sure to restrict listings

restrict file listing

You can proceed to choose a unique name for your space. Once ready click Create. You’ll need to record the following information.

settings page

# unique name you chose
bucket: instellar-docs-example 
host: sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com
# host contains the region
region: sgp1

Credentials

You will need to generate the credentials. Navigate over to the API link. You’ll come to the Applications & API page. Scoll to the Spaces access keys section. You will find the Generate New Key button.

generate api key

Give it a name and click the tick box. Once the key is generated you will see the key and secret

key: [generated]
secret: [generated]