'
Tasks: TOP => s3:upload_assets => s3:ensure_cors_rules
```
It’s hard to get out of this situation.
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### Author:  [@kuaza](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuaza)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-r2-navigating-setup-and-handling-configuration-errors/305617/32 "2024-05-03T02:03:05Z")
Something tells me that the S3 codes run after compilation only support Amazon S3. What are you thinking?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 9:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-r2-navigating-setup-and-handling-configuration-errors/305617/33 "2024-05-03T09:37:24Z")
It works for me. There’s a setting to skip the cors rules, I think. You might look at [Configure an S3 compatible object storage provider for uploads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-an-s3-compatible-object-storage-provider-for-uploads/148916) to see what it is.
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### Author:  [@kuaza](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuaza)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-r2-navigating-setup-and-handling-configuration-errors/305617/34 "2024-05-03T09:39:15Z")
this?: DISCOURSE\_S3\_INSTALL\_CORS\_RULE: false
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### Author:  [@kuaza](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuaza)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-r2-navigating-setup-and-handling-configuration-errors/305617/35 "2024-05-03T10:08:19Z")
This worked great, but there is one problem. theme-javascripts files are not uploaded to S3. Naturally, the design of the site is damaged. Only the assets folder is loaded. What can we do to upload other design files?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-r2-navigating-setup-and-handling-configuration-errors/305617/36 "2024-05-03T11:28:27Z")
This is the last time I’ll tell you that your include the part that calls the rake task to upload to s3.
Good luck.
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### Author:  [@kuaza](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuaza)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-r2-navigating-setup-and-handling-configuration-errors/305617/37 "2024-05-03T16:52:32Z")
What am I missing? The code below is attached and when I rebuild it loads the assets files but not the theme files.
> [@kuaza](#):
>
> ```plaintext
> after_assets_precompile:
> - exec:
> cd: $home
> cmd:
> - sudo -E -u discourse bundle exec rake s3:upload_assets
> - sudo -E -u discourse bundle exec rake s3:expire_missing_assets
>
> ```
* * *
When I run this by entering the container: rake uploads:migrate\_to\_s3 I get the following error:
```plaintext
Updating the URLs in the database...
Removing old optimized images...
Flagging all posts containing lightboxes for rebake...
1001 posts were flagged for a rebake
rake aborted!
FileStore::ToS3MigrationError: 9 of 3769 uploads are not migrated to S3. S3 migration failed for db 'default'. (FileStore::ToS3MigrationError)
```
My app.yml file is as follows. I turned off this setting because it did not upload the theme-javascripts and stylesheets: DISCOURSE\_CDN\_URL.
I’ll try to open it again at midnight and compile it, but I don’t know what I missed. I searched to see what else you might mean by this, but I couldn’t find anything different: “the rake task to upload to s3”
```plaintext
DISCOURSE_USE_S3: true
DISCOURSE_S3_REGION: 'auto'
DISCOURSE_S3_ENDPOINT: 'https://xxxxx.eu.r2.cloudflarestorage.com'
DISCOURSE_S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID: 'xxxxx'
DISCOURSE_S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: 'xxxxx'
DISCOURSE_S3_CDN_URL: 'https://cdn.xxxxx.com'
#DISCOURSE_CDN_URL: 'https://cdn.xxxxx.com'
DISCOURSE_S3_BUCKET: 'cloudflarer2xxxxx'
#DISCOURSE_S3_BACKUP_BUCKET: 'cloudflarer2xxxxxbackups'
#DISCOURSE_BACKUP_LOCATION: 's3'
DISCOURSE_INCLUDE_S3_UPLOADS_IN_BACKUPS: true
DISCOURSE_S3_INSTALL_CORS_RULE: false
```
I’m sorry I wasted your time, but it would be nice if the user documentation included these issues. Now we know that r2 works. Just add the following two settings:
```plaintext
DISCOURSE_S3_REGION: 'auto'
DISCOURSE_S3_INSTALL_CORS_RULE: false
```
We can move the images and assets folder on the site to the S3 area. There is only the problem that the theme files and style files are not transferred and I will try it again at midnight. I hope I will be successful and I will mark this issue as solved, of course, after explaining the solution.
Note: Postgresql server is separate, I do not use the one on localhost. I guess there is no problem with this.
Thank you to everyone who took the time.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-r2-navigating-setup-and-handling-configuration-errors/305617/38 "2024-05-05T11:32:05Z")
> [@kuaza](#):
>
> `rake s3:upload_assets`
That is the command to run to upload assets. My guess is that you still have something wrong that’s keeping assets from grin uploaded.
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### Author:  [@kuaza](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kuaza)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-r2-navigating-setup-and-handling-configuration-errors/305617/39 "2024-05-05T11:50:39Z")
Good, if I’m not doing anything wrong then I need to find the problem. When I enter the container and run the “rake s3:upload\_assets” code, everything seems fine. Even if I turn this setting on or off, it does not load the style files (theme-javascripts and stylesheets): “DISCOURSE\_CDN\_URL: ‘[https://cdn.xxxxx.com](https://cdn.xxxxx.com)’”.
```plaintext
rake s3:upload_assets --trace
Plugin name is 'DiscourseMatheditor', but plugin directory is named 'discourse-matheditor'
Plugin name is 'discourse-post-voting', but plugin directory is named 'discourse-question-answer'
Plugin name is 'discourse-topic-voting', but plugin directory is named 'discourse-voting'
** Invoke s3:upload_assets (first_time)
** Invoke environment (first_time)
** Execute environment
** Invoke s3:ensure_cors_rules (first_time)
** Invoke environment
** Execute s3:ensure_cors_rules
Installing CORS rules...
skipping
** Execute s3:upload_assets Skipping: assets/break_string-cc617154cd04790e.js
....
....
....
```
As I said, if I’m not doing something wrong, I try to find the error and how to fix it. If there is any improvement, I will add it here, thank you.
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### Author:  [@kamaljain](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kamaljain)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-r2-navigating-setup-and-handling-configuration-errors/305617/40 "2024-08-26T15:49:48Z")
Hi everyone,
I wanted to share my experience and steps on how I successfully configured Cloudflare R2 for both uploads and backups in my Discourse forum. I hope this helps others who are looking to use Cloudflare R2 with Discourse.
### Setup Overview:
- **Platform:** Discourse (Bitnami installation)
- **Bucket:** Cloudflare R2
- **Custom Domain:** Set up for serving files publicly
- **Configuration:** Done entirely through Discourse site settings (no environment variables were touched)
### Step-by-Step Guide:
1. **Create a Cloudflare R2 Bucket:**
- Log in to your Cloudflare account and navigate to R2 storage.
- Create a new bucket for your Discourse uploads (e.g., `forum-uploads`).
- Note down the **Bucket S3 API URL** , **Access Key ID** , and **Secret Access Key**.
1. **Set Up Custom Domain for CDN:**
- To serve your R2 bucket content publicly, create a custom domain in Cloudflare.
- For example, I used `forumfiles.example.in`.
- Make sure to configure DNS settings to point to Cloudflare’s provided CNAME. Since I have a domain on cloudflare, it did it for me.
1. **Configure Discourse Site Settings:**
- **s3\_bucket:** Your R2 bucket name (e.g., `forum-uploads`).
- **s3\_region:** Set as US East (N. Virginia). There was no option of auto.
- **s3\_endpoint:** Use your **Bucket S3 API URL** provided by Cloudflare (e.g., `https://.r2.cloudflarestorage.com`).
- **s3\_access\_key\_id:** Your R2 **Access Key ID**.
- **s3\_secret\_access\_key:** Your R2 **Secret Access Key**.
- **s3\_cdn\_url:** Your custom domain for CDN (e.g., `https://forumfiles.example.in`).
- Ensure that **enable s3 backups** and **enable s3 uploads** are checked.
1. **Adjust Permissions and CORS:**
- Set your R2 bucket to private and configure a CORS policy:
```plaintext
[
{
"AllowedHeaders": ["*"],
"AllowedMethods": ["GET", "POST", "PUT", "HEAD"],
"AllowedOrigins": ["*"],
"ExposeHeaders": ["ETag"],
"MaxAgeSeconds": 3000
}
]
```
- This ensures that the uploads work correctly without CORS issues.
1. **Testing the Setup:**
- Upload a test file or image through your Discourse forum to verify that uploads are working correctly.
- Check if the files are accessible via your custom domain (e.g., `https://forumfiles.example.in/original/1X/...`).
- Check the backups, I could successfully get backups executed. Cross checked at R2 bucket and its also listed in the site settings.
### Conclusion:
By following these steps, I was able to integrate Cloudflare R2 with Discourse seamlessly, handling both uploads and backups efficiently. If you have any questions or run into issues, feel free to ask!
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### Author:  [@aosus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aosus)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-r2-navigating-setup-and-handling-configuration-errors/305617/41 "2024-10-25T19:21:11Z")
Did you test if discourse can download files from Cloudflare R2? for example to include S3 uploads in a complete backup of the instance.
> [@Enable hidden setting to include S3 uploads in the backups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-hidden-setting-to-include-s3-uploads-in-the-backups/276535):
>
> bookmark This guide explains how to enable a hidden setting in Discourse to include Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) uploads in your backups. Discourse has the ability to store media uploads on Amazon S3 for scalability and reliability. However, these uploads are not included in backups by default. This guide covers enabling a hidden setting to include S3 uploads in backups, with options to configure it via the Rails console or the app.yml file. Using Rails Console To enable S3 uploads…
It doesn’t seem to work because Cloudflare is missing something in the R2 S3 Api, also migrate\_to\_s3 doesn’t work.
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