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

[sunnyt7 (Sunny T)]

Ah. Was just curious if there were any considerable advantages, given that it’s not as ‘plug-and-play’ to set up. Sounds like more just a matter of preference.

Thanks guys!

[pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman)]

S3 has the advantage of serving the files directly as opposed to your server pumping them out.

[techAPJ (Arpit Jalan)]

We now have a howto for using DigitalOcean Block Storage:

Move Uploads and Backups to DigitalOcean Block Storage

So you want to move all uploads and backups to DigitalOcean Block Storage? Before you do this, though, you might instead consider Configure an S3 compatible object storage provider for uploads. 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. Add a Volume to your droplet Add a block storage volume to your droplet. Note down the name of the volume. In my case t…