Skip to content

Digitalocean Spaces

Dropshare 4 or newer

Dropshare 4 supports connections to DigitalOcean Spaces. To set up a connection to a DigitalOcean Spaces, you need to create a Custom S3 API-Compliant Connection in theConnections preferences after you've created the Space in the DigitalOcean Dashboard.

Step 1: Create Space

To create your DigitalOcean Space to use with Dropshare, log in to the DigitalOcean Dashboard, and click on Create → Spaces. Enter a name and choose a region of your choice. Select Private Access.

Step 2: Get Access Keys

Once the space has been created, go to Applications & API and generate a new key for Dropshare. Note down the Access Key and Secret Key as you need them in the next step.

Step 3: Set Up Connection

Dropshare 5.41 or newer

Go to the Dropshare preferences, open the Connections tab, and choose to create a new DigitalOcean Spaces.

PreferenceDescription
Bucket NameName of the Space from step 1
Access KeyAccess Key from step 3
Secret KeySecret Key from step 3
RegionSelected region, e.g. New York (NYC3)

Click Test Connectionto make sure everything has been set up correctly, and you're done!

Dropshare 5.40 or older

Go to the Dropshare preferences, open the Connections tab, and choose to create a new S3-API Compliant Conneciton.

PreferenceDescription
Bucket NameName of the Space from step 1
Access KeyAccess Key from step 3
Secret KeySecret Key from step 3
ServerSelected region, e.g. nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com
Use SSLEnable
Use AWS v2 SignatureDisable

Click Test Connection to make sure everything has been set up correctly, and you're done!