Cloudflare R2 buckets can be used to store static assets like images and GIFs for the Discourse community, but they cannot be used to store community backups! Introduction: Cloudflare R2 object storage can be used as an alternative to Amazon S3 for storing uploads for your Discourse forum. The fol…

How to Configure Cloudflare R2 for your Discourse Community

Eviepayne (vladtheimplier) April 10, 2025, 1:15pm 10

Set region to auto.
You might also have to set:
DISCOURSE_S3_INSTALL_CORS_RULE: false

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