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So, I've been trying to get this Pixelfed instance hooked up with Backblaze object storage.

I host it with Elest.io because it's managed and I'm not too versed in linux, though I get by.

When I started the instance and messed around in the Admin UI, I noticed these "cloud storage" settings, which I filled out as such. (First pic) but it kept giving me an error about the credentials being incorrect (they're not, i copied them directly from backblaze)

Then, while trying to get help for that, someone told me to edit the ENV with these options:

## S3 Configuration
PF_ENABLE_CLOUD=true
FILESYSTEM_CLOUD=s3
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=
AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=
AWS_BUCKET=
AWS_URL=
AWS_ENDPOINT=

But, when I go to my ENV file. Some of those options aren't even there. (second pic).

Can I just insert them at the bottom and put the info in there, and it would work?

Also, for AWS_URL and AWS_ENDPOINT, do I need to include https://?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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A screenshot of a cloud disk configuration page for Backblaze B2 cloud storage. The configuration form includes fields such as Disk (set to S3), Key, Secret, Region (us-east-005), Bucket (beware-pixelfed), Endpoint (s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com), Visibility (public), and URL (https://beware-pixelfed.s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com). Sensitive information in the Key and Secret fields is blacked out for security reasons.
The screenshot displays configuration settings with the following variables and their corresponding values: WEBFINGER=true FILESYSTEM_DRIVER=local FILESYSTEM_CLOUD=s3 P_ENABLE_CLOUD=false HORIZON_DARKMODE=false P_COSTAR_ENABLED=false MEDIA_EXIF_DATABASE=false LOG_CHANNEL=stderr IMAGE_DRIVER=imagick BROADCAST_DRIVER=log CACHE_DRIVER=redis RESTRICT_HTML_TYPES=true SESSION_DRIVER=redis QUEUE_DRIVER=redis TRUST_PROXIES=* REMOTE_AVATARS=true DOCKER_DB_HOST_PORT=3306 OAUTH_ENABLED=false These settings are likely for a web application's environment configuration.
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