How do I connect to DigitalOcean S3 Storage?

You can monitor and report on your DigitalOcean storage data by connecting it to Bocada Cloud through a REST API. 

Data collected will populate standard Storage reports and can be viewed alongside storage data from additional products. 

To create the connection, follow the steps below.

1 - Login to the DigitalOcean Control Panel

You will need to gather some information from DigitalOcean to configure the connection with Bocada Cloud. Login to the DigitalOcean Control Panel at: https://cloud.digitalocean.com/login

A - Verify the DigitalOcean Endpoint URL

You will need to identify the Endpoint URL of your DigitalOcean region to set up the connection, e.g.REGION.digitaloceanspaces.com (e.g., nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com).

• The region is shown in your Spaces dashboard next to each Space.

• Copy the endpoint URL and paste it to a notepad or other document as you will need it when you configure the connection in Bocada Cloud.

B - Generate a DigitalOcean Spaces Key & Secret

• Navigate to API > Spaces Keys
• Click Generate New Key.
  • Note that Spaces keys are different from your DigitalOcean API tokens.

• COPY the Spaces Key and Secret and paste them to a notepad or other document as you will need it when you configure the connection in Bocada Cloud.

C - Find your DigitalOcean Account ID

• Locate your DigitalOcean team name or account identifier that will be used for tracking purposes.

• COPY the Account ID and paste it to a notepad or other document as you will need it when you configure the connection in Bocada Cloud.

2 - Login to Bocada Cloud

• In Bocada Cloud's left navigation menu, select Connections, then +Add
• Click the "Storage Applications" tab, and/or click the tile called DigitalOcean. 
• Organization: This field will display if you have already created one or more organizations in Bocada Cloud to segment data by your customers, divisions or departments. It serves to associate the data from the DigitalOcean connection with the appropriate organization for reporting purposes. If you haven't created an organization yet, the Organization field will not display.
• Connection Name: enter a name for this connection which will display in the Bocada Cloud UI as the name for this DigitalOcean account. You can name it whatever you like; we recommend including a reference to the account name.
• Endpoint: Enter / paste the DigitalOcean endpoint URL for your region (that you copied above in Step 1-A).
• Access Key: Enter / paste the Access Key you copied in Step 1-B above. 
• Secret: Enter / paste the Secret you copied in Step 1-B above.
• Account ID: Enter / paste the Account ID you copied in Step 1-C above.

3 - Test Connection

Click the Connect button to test the connection between Bocada Cloud and DigitalOcean. 

If the connection is successful, data collection will begin and you will be able to see results in the Storage Utilization report.  Then, the connector will run data collections every hour after that point.  

If the connection is unsuccessful, you will be able to click the “Previous” button to edit your connection details and try again.