# Setting DISCOURSE\_S3\_REGION: whatever no longer works
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-discourse-s3-region-whatever-no-longer-works/335025
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [November 7, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-discourse-s3-region-whatever-no-longer-works/335025 "2024-11-07T19:24:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-discourse-s3-region-whatever-no-longer-works/335025/1 "2024-11-07T19:24:07Z")
My rebuild with a Digital Ocean Spaces S3 setup started failing with this error:
```plaintext
, [2024-11-07T19:09:38.615466 #1] INFO -- : > cd /var/www/discourse && sudo -E -u discourse bundle exec rake s3:upload_assets
rake aborted!
ArgumentError: Cannot set dual-stack in combination with a custom endpoint. (ArgumentError)
raise ArgumentError, "Cannot set dual-stack in combination with a custom endpoint."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/aws-sdk-s3-1.143.0/lib/aws-sdk-s3/endpoint_provider.rb:34:in `resolve_endpoint'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/aws-sdk-s3-1.143.0/lib/aws-sdk-s3/plugins/endpoints.rb:37:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/aws-sdk-core-3.191.3/lib/seahorse/client/plugins/endpoint.rb:47:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/aws-sdk-core-3.191.3/lib/aws-sdk-core/plugins/param_validator.rb:26:in `call'
/var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/3.3.0/gems/aws-sdk-s3-1.143.0/lib/aws-sdk-s3/plugins/sse_cpk.rb:24:in `call'
```
But omitting setting it to `whatever` makes the build fail like this:
```plaintext
I, [2024-11-07T19:15:31.060936 #1] INFO -- : > cd /var/www/discourse && sudo -E -u discourse bundle exec rake s3:upload_assets
ERROR: Ensure S3 is configured in config/discourse.conf or environment vars
I, [2024-11-07T19:15:36.056204 #1] INFO -- :
```
I found this:
[https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/issues/37878](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws/issues/37878)
and this:
[https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-php/issues/2614](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-php/issues/2614)
Maybe S3\_REGION should be cleared if an endpoint is set here?
>
@Falco I think this is in your wheelhouse.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-discourse-s3-region-whatever-no-longer-works/335025/2 "2024-11-07T19:30:11Z")
2 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Rebuild issue: [Cannot set dual-stack in combination with a custom endpoint.]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-issue-cannot-set-dual-stack-in-combination-with-a-custom-endpoint/334902)
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-discourse-s3-region-whatever-no-longer-works/335025/3 "2024-11-07T19:30:12Z")