How to Create a DigitalOcean Spaces Bucket
Create a Spaces bucket to store, organize, and serve unstructured data.
Spaces How-Tos
Generated on 30 Jun 2026
Spaces Object Storage is an S3-compatible service for storing and serving large amounts of data. The built-in Spaces CDN minimizes page load times, improves performance, and reduces bandwidth and infrastructure costs.
Getting Started
How to Destroy a DigitalOcean Spaces Bucket
Permanently delete a Spaces bucket.
How to Manage Access to DigitalOcean Spaces
Control access to Spaces buckets using access keys or DigitalOcean teams.
How to Migrate DigitalOcean Spaces Buckets Using Flexify.IO
Migrate buckets to and from DigitalOcean Spaces with Flexify.IO.
How to Transfer DigitalOcean Spaces Buckets Between Regions Using Rclone
Transfer data between DigitalOcean Spaces regions using third-party tools such as Rclone.
File Management
How to Upload, Download, and Delete Files
Upload, download, and delete files in buckets.
How to Organize Files in Folders
Organize files in a Space by creating folders, moving files into them, filtering folder contents, and deleting folders when you no longer need them.
How to Share Links to Files
Share files from a Spaces bucket by setting file permissions or creating presigned URLs.
How to Set File Listing Permissions
Set whether a Spaces bucket’s file listing is public or private.
How to Set File Metadata
Set standard and custom metadata for files in a Spaces bucket.
Content Delivery Network
How to Enable the DigitalOcean Spaces CDN
Enable and disable the Spaces CDN, configure edge cache TTL settings, set up custom subdomains with TLS, and manage CDN endpoints.
How to Manage the DigitalOcean Spaces CDN Cache
Manage the Spaces CDN cache, including setting edge cache TTL values and purging cached files.
Advanced Configuration
How to Configure DigitalOcean Spaces Access Logs
Enable and manage Spaces access logs to record requests made to your bucket and CDN endpoints.
How to Configure DigitalOcean Spaces Versioning
Preserve, retrieve, and restore every version of every object stored in your buckets using S3 Versioning.
How to Configure Bucket Policies
Configure a bucket policy for a Space using the S3-compatible API, AWS CLI, or s3cmd.
How to Configure Lifecycle Rules
Configure lifecycle rules for a Space to expire objects or remove incomplete multipart uploads automatically.
How to Configure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
Configure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) on a DigitalOcean Space to allow web applications from another origin to access bucket resources.