Your default DAM storage is defined in the DAM Storage configuration page. However, you can optionally configure external storage providers as Origin sources for your assets. Once configured, these external storage providers will be hidden behind an alias within your dynamically optimized URLs.
The Alias makes it easier to manage links across platforms or to hide complex paths.
Azure Blob Storage is a high-performance cloud storage solution provided by Microsoft Azure, designed for storing large amounts of data.
In order to configure an Azure Blob as an external storage for your project, you need to have:
an Azure Blob storage account
access to the Azure portal
permissions to generate a SAS token if needed
A blob is an object/file stored in Azure’s object storage service.
Click on the +Add connection button in the Azure Blob storage section:
In the pop-up window submit a request to the Support team. Please provide the following details:
Blob name - the name of your Azure blob storage (the folder within Azure Blob storage where files are stored).
Alias - the value of the storage alias you would like to use to hide the Azure Blob path behind it.
Blob SAS token (optional)- the authentication token for access to the blob. It is needed when the blob is Private.
If your images are stored at a blob with name my_blob in a container named my_container and you can access image.jpg with the following URL:
//my_blob.blob.core.windows.net/my_container/image.jpg then after successful setup of the Storage Alias, the image would be available on https://token.filerobot.com/_my_public_blob_/image.jpg
Each alias should be unique for the project (token) and must be prefixed and suffixed with underscores.
If your Azure Blob container requires authentication, you have to provide your SAS token (found in your Azure panel) in your message to the Support team.
Please keep in mind that the SAS token has an expiration date and you have to generate a new one and update it before it expires. Otherwise, our servers will not be able to fetch your media from the storage.
Scaleflex DMO can download images from any web server over HTTP/HTTPS. Add your image storage servers and optionally set authentication credentials in case your server require authentication.
If your images are stored at URL https://mystorage.example.com and you can access image.jpg with the following URL:
//mystorage.example.com/image.jpg
You should enter the data as per the following screenshot:
All aliases have to be prefixed and suffixed by underscores. Please note that all aliases have to be unique for your account.
Your storage is now accessible by using the alias entered in the Alias field. //your-token.cloudimg.io/_ownstorage_/image.jpg
If your storage requires authentication, you can enter your username and password.
AWS S3 is a robust storage solution that is widely used by businesses of all sizes for various applications, from data backup to content delivery.
Click on the +Add connection button in the AWS S3 section
In the pop-up window submit a request to the Support team. Please provide the following details:
Bucket name - the name of your S3 bucket (the folder within AWS S3 where files are stored).
Region - the location of the bucket
Alias - the value of the storage alias you would like to use to hide the S3 bucket path behind it.
Key ID & Secret key (optional) - the authentication credentials for access to the bucket
If your images are stored in a bucket named mysamplebucket , at the eu-central-1 region and you can access image.jpg with the following URL: //s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/mysamplebucket/image.jpg , after the alias configuration your image would be accessible at filepath https://token.filerobot.com/_mysamplebucket_/image.jpg
Each alias should be unique for the project (token) and must be prefixed and suffixed with underscores.
Google Cloud Storage (GCS) is a scalable, secure, and highly available cloud storage service offered by Google Cloud Platform (GCP). It is designed to store and manage large amounts of data.
Click on the +Add connection button in the GCP section:
In the pop-up window submit a request to the Support team. Please provide the following details:
Bucket name - the name of your Google Cloud bucket (the folder within Google Cloud where files are stored).
Alias - the value of the storage alias you would like to use to hide the Google Cloud bucket path behind it.
Auth JSON token (optional)- the authentication token for access to the bucket. It is needed when the bucket is Private.
If your images are in a bucket named mysamplebucket, with access to image.jpg available at the URL //www.googleapis.com/upload/storage/v1/b/mysamplebucket/image.jpg, then after configuration, the image will be accessible at https://token.filerobot.com/_mysamplebucket_/image.jpg
In case that your Google Cloud bucket requires authentication:
You need to generate an Authentication JSON file using the guide in the Google Cloud documentation
You will be provided with JSON file to be saved on your computer
Please attach it to your message to the Support team in order to configure the Alias settings.
Each alias should be unique for the project (token) and must be prefixed and suffixed with underscores.
