How to setup S3 space in app.yaml file?

Posted on February 8, 2025

I am trying to setup a project that uses PostgreSQL and S3 that are both hosted on DigitalOcean with doctl. Following the tutorial, I created a app.yaml file that has a service that runs my app and a database that created a PG instance. However, I was not able to find out how to create a S3 space in the reference page. Is this simply not supported or am I missing something? Thanks for the help.

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Bobby Iliev

February 8, 2025

Hey Matthew! 👋

Yes, as of the moment, the DigitalOcean App Platform doesn’t support provisioning Spaces directly in app.yaml, but you can still definitely use it, you would just need to have it created either manually or using doctl.

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/spaces/how-to/create/

Then Generate Spaces Access Keys and add the details to your app.yaml:

envs:
  - key: SPACES_ACCESS_KEY
    value: "your-access-key"
  - key: SPACES_SECRET_KEY
    value: "your-secret-key"
  - key: SPACES_REGION
    value: "nyc3"
  - key: SPACES_BUCKET
    value: "my-space"

The best thing to do to get your voice heard regarding this would be to head over to the DigitalOcean Product Ideas board and post a new idea, including as much information as possible for what you’d like to see implemented.