# Using different S3 compatible service

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-different-s3-compatible-service/22235
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [November 17, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-different-s3-compatible-service/22235 "2014-11-17T13:09:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Aagat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@Aagat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aagat)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-different-s3-compatible-service/22235/1 "2014-11-17T13:09:00Z")

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Hi,

I want to use custom S3 compatible service for user uploads and backup but currently no way to enter custom server in the control panel because you can only choose between AWS availability zones. Wouldn’t it be better to just expose the API endpoints instead of just availability zones? It’s allow the rest of us to store data closer to our audiences for cheaper.

Thankyou

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### Author: ![helmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/helmi/32/114772_2.png) [@helmi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/helmi)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-different-s3-compatible-service/22235/2 "2014-11-17T13:29:35Z")

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just for my personal curiosity: Can you name any S3 compatible services and/or software for self installation?

Send me a private message if you don’t want to post them public.

Thanks,  
Frank

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-different-s3-compatible-service/22235/3 "2014-11-17T20:10:06Z")

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Already answered here

> [@Extend S3 configuration for other s3 API compatible cloud storage solutions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extend-s3-configuration-for-other-s3-api-compatible-cloud-storage-solutions/20593):
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> It would be great to have an extra field host and set region optional to allow other S3 API compatible services to work with discourse for backup and files storage. Update:

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### Author: ![Aagat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a698b9/32.png) [@Aagat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aagat)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-different-s3-compatible-service/22235/4 "2014-11-18T03:35:14Z")

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Thanks. Sorry I was not aware of that before posting.

Is this feature now in the roadmap? I did a quick search in code and I can see that amazon url is hardcoded in several places. Would it be trivial to replace them with new configuration variable and it would work?

Sorry my rails skills aren’t upto speed here.

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### Author: ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-different-s3-compatible-service/22235/5 "2025-12-04T11:32:49Z")

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