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Local development options for DigitalOcean's Spaces

Posted on October 14, 2024
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Asked by SalonLynk

I want to set up Spaces for my application and would like to be able to develop locally by targetting some local instance. What options do I have to do this?

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Bobby Iliev

Site Moderator

• October 14, 2024

Hi there,

I personally would just use the Spaces directly for local development as well.

If you really need a local S3 storage and using the live Spaces bucket is not an option for you, what you could do is to use a service like MinIO which you can run locally:

https://min.io/

It’s lightweight, easy to set up, and works perfectly for simulating S3 storage in your local environment.

They also have a Docker image that you could use:

Pull the MinIO Docker Image: First, pull the MinIO image from Docker Hub:
```
docker pull minio/minio
```
Run MinIO in a Docker Container: Now, run MinIO in a container with the following command:
```
docker run -p 9000:9000 -p 9001:9001 --name minio \
-e MINIO_ROOT_USER=minioadmin \
-e MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD=minioadmin \
minio/minio server /data --console-address ":9001"
```
This will:
- Expose MinIO on localhost:9000 for the S3 API.
- Start the MinIO admin console on localhost:9001 for easier management.
Access the MinIO Console: Open the admin console by visiting http://localhost:9001 in your browser and logging in with the following credentials:
- Username: minioadmin
- Password: minioadmin
Configure Your Application: In your application, configure the environment variables to point to your local MinIO instance. Here’s an example:
```
S3_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:9000
S3_ACCESS_KEY=minioadmin
S3_SECRET_KEY=minioadmin
S3_BUCKET=my-local-bucket
```

You can also check out this tutorial here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-minio-object-storage-server-in-standalone-mode-on-ubuntu-20-04

Hope that this helps!

- Bobby

alexdo

Site Moderator

• October 26, 2024

Heya,

I’ll also vote for MinIO if you want something for local development, but as Bobby mentioned you can use Spaces directly for local development as well.

Regards