Strapi stable version 3.0.x set default file upload provider to AWS S3 / Google Cloud Storage (GCS) / Cloudinary

For Strapi version 3.0.0-beta.20 onward

All you need to do is to create a file at extensions/upload/config/settings.json

Cloudinary

1. Install strapi-provider-upload-cloudinary

yarn add strapi-provider-upload-cloudinary

2. Update extensions/upload/config/settings.json

{  
  "provider": "cloudinary",  
  "providerOptions": {
    "cloud_name": "YOUR CLOUDINARY CLOUD NAME",
    "api_key": "YOUR CLOUDINARY API KEY",
    "api_secret": "YOUR CLOUDINARY API SECRET"  
  }
}

AWS S3

1. Install strapi-provider-upload-aws-s3

yarn add strapi-provider-upload-aws-s3

2. Update extensions/upload/config/settings.json

{  
  "provider": "aws-s3",  
  "providerOptions": {
    "accessKeyId": "YOUR AWS IAM ACCESS KEY",
    "secretAccessKey": "YOUR AWS IAM SECRET KEY",
    "region": "YOUR S3 BUCKET REGION",
    "params": {
        "Bucket": "YOUR S3 BUCKET NAME"
    }
  }
}

Google Cloud Storage (GCS)

1. Install strapi-provider-upload-google-cloud-storage

yarn add strapi-provider-upload-google-cloud-storage

2. Update extensions/upload/config/settings.json

{  
  "provider": "google-cloud-storage",  
  "providerOptions": {
    "serviceAccount": "YOUR GCS SERVICE ACCOUNT JSON",
    "bucketName": "YOUR GCS BUCKET NAME",
    "baseUrl": "https://storage.googleapis.com/YOUR GCS BUCKET NAME"  
  }
}

And that’s it! Enjoy!

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