# Tips on Google Cloud S3

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/tips-on-google-cloud-s3/247555>\
**Category:** Sysadmins\
**Tags:** reference, google-cloud\
**Created:** [July 20, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tips-on-google-cloud-s3/247555 "2022-07-20T15:21:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tips-on-google-cloud-s3/247555/3 "2022-07-20T17:17:16Z")

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> [@Jerome\_Hordies](#):
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> I find it silly that you need to choose from a dropdown menu with backend validation (I tried messing with the API without success) instead of typing it.

If you setup using the ENV variables as described in the OP, and set `DISCOURSE_S3_ENDPOINT` as recommened the `DISCOURSE_S3_REGION` is ignored making this a non-issue.

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