Introduction
DigitalOcean provides an S3 environment for a storage solution called Spaces. Spaces is an S3-compatible object storage service that lets you store and serve large amounts of data. Each Space is a bucket for you to store and serve files. The free, built-in Spaces CDN minimizes page load times, improves performance, and reduces bandwidth and infrastructure costs.
Procedure
The following information is detailed on how to set up a remote backup using their spaces.
When you create a space, they will generally provide an email with the following infomration:
Your Space's origin URL: https://bucketspace.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com
Personal Access Tokens:
Spaces Access Key ID:
Backup Configuration Additional Destinations
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Destination Name | Required — Enter a destination name for your backup files. This name appears in your destination table. |
| Folder | Enter the name of the directory where you wish to store your backup. |
| S3 Endpoint |
Required — Enter the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for the remote server where your bucket resides. The system backs up files to the destination server through a secured connection via SSL/TLS. The FQDN that you enter must be the same as the FQDN on the server’s SSL/TLS certificate, or the connection will fail. I.e., nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com |
| Bucket |
Required — Enter the name of the bucket where you wish to store your backup. You must first create the bucket through your S3-compatible provider. I.e., bucketspace |
| Access Key ID | Required — Enter the access key ID in this text box. Your server uses the access key to authenticate with your S3-compatible account. You must first generate an access key ID through your S3-compatible provider. |
| Secret Access Key | Required — Enter the secret access key in this text box. You must first generate a secret access key ID through your S3-compatible provider. |
| Timeout | Required — The maximum amount of time, in seconds, that you want the server to wait for a response from the remote server before it generates errors.
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Now click on Save and Validate.
If validation was a success, that means that your server can now access DigitalOcean space and that it can copy server backups there. To finish the setup, you can switch back to the Backup Settings tab and configure all other things related to your backups (what to backup, how, and when).
