DigitalOcean Spaces

DigitalOcean Spaces public and private Spaces can be used as origins with Fastly.

Using DigitalOcean Spaces as an origin

To make your DigitalOcean Spaces available through Fastly, follow the steps below.

Creating a new service

Follow the instructions for creating a new service.

1. When you create the new domain and the new host:
   • In the Domain Name field on the Create a domain page, enter the hostname you want to use as the URL (e.g., cdn.example.com).
   • In the Hosts field on the Origins page, enter the appropriate address for your Host using the format <SPACE>.<REGION>.digitaloceanspaces.com. For example, if your space name is test123 and your region is nyc3, your hostname would be test123.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com.
2. When you edit the host details on the Edit this host page:
   • In the Name field, enter any descriptive name for your service if you haven't already done so.
   • In the Address field, ensure you've entered the appropriate address for your Host (e.g., test123.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com). You entered this information during Host creation.
3. When you edit the Transport Layer Security (TLS) area information for your host:
   • Leave the Enable TLS? default set to Yes to secure the connection between Fastly and your origin.
   • In the Certificate hostname field, enter the same address that appears in the Address field (e.g., test123.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com).
   • Under the SNI hostname field, select the checkbox to Match the SNI hostname to the Certificate hostname. The address you entered during Host creation appears.
4. In the Override host field, enter an appropriate address for your Host (e.g., test123.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com). You entered this information during Host creation.

Testing your results

By default, we create DNS mapping called yourdomain.global.prod.fastly.net. In the example above, it would be cdn.example.com.global.prod.fastly.net. Create a DNS alias for the domain name you specified (e.g., CNAME cdn.example.com to global-nossl.fastly.net).

Fastly will cache any content without an explicit Cache-Control header for 1 hour. You can verify whether you are sending any cache headers using curl. For example:

$ curl -I opscode-full-stack.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-amz-id-2: ZpzRp7IWc6MJ8NtDEFGH12QBdk2CM1+RzVOngQbhMp2f2ZyalkFsZd4qPaLMkSlh
x-amz-request-id: ABV5032583242618
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2012 17:15:38 GMT
Content-Type: application/xml
Transfer-Encoding: chunked

In this example, no Cache-Control headers are set so default TTL will be applied.

Enhanced cache control

If you need more control over how different types of assets are cached (e.g., JavaScript files, images), refer to our cache freshness documentation.

Using private DigitalOcean Spaces

To use a private DigitalOcean Space with Fastly, follow the instructions below.

Before you begin

Be sure you've already made your Spaces data available to Fastly by pointing to the right Space and setting your origin to port 443. This needs to be done before authenticating.

Be sure you've got the access key, secret key, and Space name on hand. The DigitalOcean Spaces Authorization header takes the following form:

Authorization: AWS `AWSAccessKeyId`:`Signature`

From the DigitalOcean website you will need the following information:

• the access key and secret key
• your Space name

Setting up Fastly to use a private DigitalOcean Space

In order to use a private DigitalOcean Space with Fastly, create two headers, a Date header (for use with the authorization Signature) and an Authorization header.

Create a Date header

1. Log in to the Fastly web interface.
2. From the Home page, select the appropriate service. You can use the search box to search by ID, name, or domain.
3. Click Edit configuration and then select the option to clone the active version.
4. Click Content.

5. Click Create header.

   

6. Fill out the Create a header fields as follows:

   • In the Name field, enter Date.
   • From the Type menu, select Request, and from the Action menu, select Set.
   • In the Destination field, enter http.Date.
   • In the Source field, enter now.
   • From the Ignore if set menu, select No.
   • In the Priority field, enter 10.

7. Click Create. A new Date header appears on the Content page. You will use this later within the Signature of the Authorization header.

Create an Authorization header

Next, create the Authorization header with the specifications listed below.

1. Click Create header again to create another new header.

   

2. Fill out the Create a header fields as follows:

   • In the Name field, enter Spaces Authorization.
   • From the Type menu, select Request, and from the Action menu, select Set.
   • In the Destination field, enter http.Authorization.
   • From the Ignore if set menu, select No.
   • In the Priority field, enter 20.

3. In the Source field, enter the header authorization information using the following format:

   "AWS <DigitalOcean access key>:" digest.hmac_sha1_base64("<DigitalOcean secret key>", if(req.method == "HEAD", "GET", req.method) LF LF LF req.http.Date LF "/<Space name>" req.url.path)

   replacing <DigitalOcean access key>, <DigitalOcean secret key ID>, and <Space name> with the information you gathered before you began. For example:

   "AWS JKCAUEFV2ONFFOFMSSLA:" digest.hmac_sha1_base64("P2WPSu68Bfl89j72vT+bXYZB7SjlOwhT4whqt27", if(req.method == "HEAD", "GET", req.method) LF LF LF req.http.Date LF "/test123" req.url.path)

4. Click Create. The new Authorization header appears on the Content page.

A detailed look at the Source field

So what's going on in the Source field of the Authorization header? Here's the basic format:

AWS<Access Key><Signature Function><key><message>

It tells us the following:

The message that's part of the Source field in the Authorization header takes on this basic format:

<HTTP-verb></n><Content-MD5>/n<Content-Type></n><Date></n><CanonicalizedAmzHeader></n><CanonicalizedResource>

It tells us the following:

Following redirects to Spaces objects and caching Spaces responses

With custom VCL, Fastly can follow redirects to Spaces objects and cache the Spaces response as well as the 301 or 302 response separately.

Be sure to read our instructions about mixing and matching Fastly VCL with custom VCL. It's important to include the entire VCL boilerplate if you do not intend to override the Fastly default settings.

To configure Fastly to follow redirects to Spaces objects, insert the following VCL in your custom VCL:

Within vcl_recv

1sub vcl_recv {
2
3  if (req.http.redir != "true") {
4    set req.backend = Main_Origin;
5  } else {
6    set req.backend = spaces_backend;
7    set req.http.host = "nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com";
8  }
9
10#FASTLY recv
11
12  if (req.method != "HEAD" && req.method != "GET" && req.method != "FASTLYPURGE") {
13    return(pass);
14  }
15
16  return(lookup);
17
18}

Within vcl_deliver

1sub vcl_deliver {
2
3  if (resp.status == 302 || resp.status == 301) {
4    set req.http.redir = "true";
5    set req.url = regsub(resp.http.Location, "http://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/(.*)$", "/\1");
6    set req.http.Fastly-Force-Shield = "yes";
7    restart;
8  }
9
10#FASTLY deliver
11
12  return(deliver);
13}

Be sure to set the Main_Origin and spaces_backend to the actual name of your backends in the service to which you're applying these redirects. You can find the exact names by reviewing your VCL. Simply click on the VCL button at the top of the page while viewing the service.

Once you added these VCL snippets to your custom VCL, upload the VCL file and then activate the new version of your service to apply the changes.