# Connecting DigitalOcean S3 Storage ### Creating a Bucket and Access Keys 1. Go to the DigitalOcean console ([link](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/)). 2. Navigate to **Manage** → **Spaces Object Storage**. Click **Create a Spaces Bucket** to create a new bucket.

3. On the bucket creation page, under **Choose a datacenter region**, select the region closest to your MikoPBX server. Choose **Standard Storage**. {% hint style="info" %} Remember your region name (**sgp1** in the screenshot below) — you will need it later when configuring MikoPBX. {% endhint %}

4. In the **Choose a unique Spaces Bucket name** field, enter a name of your choice for the bucket. Click **Subscribe & Create Bucket**.

5. Open the page of the newly created bucket by clicking its name in the **Buckets** section.

6. Go to the **Settings** tab.

7. Scroll down to the **Access Keys** section. Click **Create Access Key** to generate a new key pair.

8. Fill in the required parameters for the new key: * **Select access scope** — Limited Access. * **Buckets** — select the bucket you created earlier. * **Permissions** — Read/Write/Delete. * **Give this access key a name** — enter an arbitrary name to identify this key pair. Click **Create Access Key**.

Your key pair values (**Access Key ID** and **Secret Key**) will be displayed. Save these values — you will need them when configuring MikoPBX.

### Connecting to MikoPBX 1. Go to the **Maintenance** → **Storage** tab.

Storage section in MikoPBX web-interface

2. Open the **S3 Cloud Storage** tab and fill in the following fields: * **Automatically upload recordings to cloud storage** — enable the toggle. * **S3 Endpoint URL** — enter `https://sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com`, replacing `sgp1` with your region. * **S3 Region** — enter the region of your DigitalOcean bucket (e.g. `sgp1` in this guide). * **S3 Bucket Name** — enter the name of the bucket you created in DigitalOcean (e.g. `mikopbx-s3-storage` in this guide). * **Access Key** and **Secret Key** — paste the values obtained in the first part of this guide. Use the **Local Storage (S3 mode)** slider to configure how long recordings are kept locally before being deleted after upload to the cloud. {% hint style="info" %} A shorter local retention period frees up disk space faster. {% endhint %} Click **Save**.

After saving the settings, click **Test Connection**. If the connection is successful, you will see the message **"S3 connection successful"** and synchronization of call recordings will begin.