About 5 minutes

How to use Aktar with DigitalOcean Spaces

Check that the endpoint region (for example fra1) matches the region your Space was created in.

DigitalOcean Spaces is S3-compatible object storage with a built-in CDN. Aktar's DigitalOcean Spaces preset connects with a Spaces access key.

What you need

1
Create a Space
In the DigitalOcean control panel, create a Spaces bucket in a datacenter near you, for example fra1. Enabling the CDN is recommended for public links.
2
Make uploaded files publicly readable
New files in Spaces are private by default and Aktar doesn't set per-file permissions, so public reads have to come from the bucket, for example a bucket policy that allows s3:GetObject. DigitalOcean's Spaces documentation describes how to apply one. Test Connection in the last step tells you whether it works.
3
Create an access key
Create a Spaces access key with read and write access to your bucket and copy the Access Key and Secret Key. The secret is only shown once.
4
Add the destination in Aktar
In Settings → Destinations → Add Destination, choose DigitalOcean Spaces and enter the values below.
5
Test and save
Click Test Connection, then Save.

Enter these values in Settings → Destinations → Add Destination. Field names match the app.

Field	Example value
Provider	`DigitalOcean Spaces`
Endpoint	`https://fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com`Your Space's region.
Region	`fra1`
Access Key ID	`DO00…`
Secret Access Key	`••••••••`
Bucket	`your-space`
Public Base URL	`your-space.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com`CDN address, or your custom CDN domain.

Use the CDN endpoint as Public Base URL so links are cached close to your viewers.
Spaces supports custom domains on the CDN, so links can use your own domain.

The uploaded files aren't publicly readable. Apply a public read policy to the bucket. See Access Denied errors.

Check that the endpoint region (for example fra1) matches the region your Space was created in.