Storage · AvailableCDN · Planned
Connect Google Cloud Storage as your own storage
Google Cloud Storage is Google's object storage, with regional, dual-region and multi-region buckets, and Cloud CDN caches content on Google's edge network. Available today on the Velocity and Momentum API plans.
- Storage
- Google Cloud StorageAvailable
- CDN
- Cloudflare or Amazon CloudFrontGoogle Cloud CDN: planned
- Plans
- Velocity and Momentum
What you need to connect it
You enter these in the dashboard when you switch to your own storage and CDN. The keys only need to read and write objects in one bucket.
- Option in the dashboard
- Choose Google Cloud Storage from the list
- Endpoint
https://storage.googleapis.com(example)- Bucket
- An existing bucket that smallPict writes the optimized files to
- Region
auto(or the region your provider names)- Access keys
- An HMAC access key and secret, created in the Google Cloud console under Cloud Storage → Settings → Interoperability
- Path-style addressing
- Not needed
Storage and CDN are connected together
Bringing your own is one setting: you connect your own storage and your own CDN together, and one can't be turned on without the other. Google Cloud CDN isn't supported yet, so today you pair Google Cloud Storage with Cloudflare or Amazon CloudFront.
With your own storage and CDN, the files live in your own accounts, outside smallPict. You're responsible for those copies; smallPict doesn't keep a backup of them and isn't involved with the CDN's performance.
CDNs you can pair it with today
Not ready to run your own? “Managed by smallPict” is the default on Velocity and Momentum: we store and deliver the files for you. WordPress plans always use the managed smallPict CDN.
CDN · Planned
Google Cloud CDN support is planned
Using Google Cloud CDN as your own CDN doesn't work yet. Tell us about your setup and we'll email you when it's ready; requests help us decide what to build first.
Questions
Which plans can use it?
Velocity and Momentum, the API plans. WordPress plans, including Business, use the managed smallPict CDN and can't connect their own storage.
Can I connect only my storage and keep the smallPict CDN?
No. Your own storage and your own CDN are switched on together. If you'd rather not run a CDN, keep “Managed by smallPict”.
Do the keys need admin rights?
No. They only need to read and write objects in the bucket you connect, and you can revoke or rotate them at any time in your storage account.
Does smallPict keep a copy of my files?
No. Images are processed in temporary, encrypted processing storage, and the optimized files are written to your bucket. smallPict doesn't keep a backup of the files in your account.
Use your own storage and CDN
Choose Velocity or Momentum, then connect Google Cloud Storage and Cloudflare or Amazon CloudFront in the dashboard.