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

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-a-how-to-guide-for-using-digitalocean-block-storage-for-image-uploads/49535
**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: ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2018, 4:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-a-how-to-guide-for-using-digitalocean-block-storage-for-image-uploads/49535/43 "2018-06-07T04:30:57Z")

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We now have a howto for using DigitalOcean Block Storage:

> [@Move Uploads and Backups to DigitalOcean Block Storage](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-uploads-and-backups-to-digitalocean-block-storage/89274):
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> So you want to move all uploads and backups to [DigitalOcean Block Storage](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/an-introduction-to-digitalocean-block-storage)? Before you do this, though, you might instead consider [Configure an S3 compatible object storage provider for uploads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-object-storage-for-uploads-s3-clones/148916). It is no more complicated to set up and provides some other advantages. Setup a Discourse instance on DigitalOcean Setup a Discourse instance on DigitalOcean using our [official guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md). Add a Volume to your droplet [Add](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/an-introduction-to-digitalocean-block-storage) a block storage volume to your droplet. Note down the name of the volume. In my case…

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