Digital Ocean Storage

Digital Ocean is an MNC company that provides cloud infrastructure that offers a range of cloud computing services to businesses. The headquarters is in New York City. 

With the help of Digital Ocean storage admin can store their various product data like media files, GIFs, videos, etc can upload them from the local disk to the Digital Ocean server. 

The Digital Ocean extension helps the admin connect the Magento 2 store with the Digital Ocean server to store the media files on it so the website will load faster without any issues. 

The admin will create the storage bucket and all the data will be stored on it and the admin can retrieve it. When the customer checks any media file the storage link will display the Digital Ocean server bucket name. 

Business Value

The Digital Ocean Spaces provides scalable data storage. Which allows you to store and retrieve large amounts of data, including media files like images, videos, GIFs, etc. 

It is very useful for e-commerce websites due to the growing number of products and associated media. So the customer can have the seamless experience of the website with reduced load time. 

The direct storage of the media files on the server will enhance the website's performance and improve the media loading. The customer can directly get the data from the server so the website will run fast. 

Account & Pricing

• To use this extension, you need API credentials to integrate the digital ocean on the Magento 2 store. So, sign up for a Digital Ocean Server service account here. 
• There is a subscription fee to use the space storage services please check the charges.

Features List

• All media files are stored and retrieved from the Digital Ocean Storage Service bucket.
• On Magento 2 Digital Ocean Server, the admin can check the bucket availability.
• Admin can set cache time(max-age) for static content files.
• The extension supports all Magento 2 product types.
• The Digital Ocean server will also serve the cached images.
• Customers can download the files from the Digital Ocean Server irrespective of time and place.

How Does The Extension Work?

Generate API Credentials 

The admin needs to create an account on the Digital Ocean server. Once the account is created the admin will generate the space bucket on the server. After that generate the API key credentials for the storage account.

Configuration With Magento 2

Once the API key credentials will generate configure it with the Magento 2 store. Enter the bucket name and check the availability it will respond back if the bucket is available. 

Static File and Cache Setting 

Now the admin will configure the static files data so the file can directly be uploaded on the Digital Ocean server. Also, update the cache setting so the cache file will be saved separately. 

Media Storage Configuration 

The admin has to perform this most important step on the Magento 2 store. They need to select the media storage center as the Digital Ocean server otherwise the data will not upload on the server. 

Upload Downloadable Product Data

The admin can directly upload downloadable product data to the Digital Ocean server and the customer can browse the URL after the purchase. The download link will be available once the admin generates the invoice. 

Customer End Flow

The customer can check the media file source as a Digital ocean server. They can check product images, CMS images, and other media content. 

Benefits

For Store Owner

• Create a storage bucket. 
• Store all media files directly on the Digital Ocean server.
• Upload static files data as well like HTML, CSS, and JS. 
• Retrieve any data from anywhere at any time.

For Customers

• Check the CMS page source as the Digital Ocean server URL.
• Get Downloadable product files directly from the server storage. 
• Check any media file URL.

Support Policy

• You get free 3 months of technical support included.
• You can buy a 6 or 12-month extended support agreement.
• For issues, please create a ticket or send an email to support@webkul.com
• Free lifetime updates of the module.