# Need a how-to guide for using DigitalOcean Block Storage for image uploads

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**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 1, 2016, 7:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-a-how-to-guide-for-using-digitalocean-block-storage-for-image-uploads/49535 "2016-09-01T07:18:26Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-a-how-to-guide-for-using-digitalocean-block-storage-for-image-uploads/49535/16 "2017-04-03T19:30:53Z")

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So, @tehn, you’d add something like this in the `volumes` section of your `app.yml`

```plaintext
   - volume:
       host: /other/volume/uploads
      guest: /shared/uploads

```

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