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How to configure Google Cloud Storage and use it in ShareX

Create a project

• Open Google Cloud Console
• Click Select a project, then New project
• Name your project, for example ShareX
• Click Create

Set up a billing profile

Google Cloud Storage Pricing

Google Cloud Storage isn't free; it's billed based on usage rather than a fixed monthly fee. Storage is inexpensive for light usage, with many users paying only a few cents per month.

• Open billing and set up a profile

Create a bucket

• Open storage
• Click Create bucket
• If you plan to use a custom domain, first verify it using this guide, then name your bucket after the domain. For example, to use https://i.example.com/image.png, name the bucket i.example.com
• Storage class should be regional if you plan on using a CDN like Cloudflare, or multi-regional if not
• Access control should be Fine-grained
• Click Create

[Optional] Configure DNS for a custom domain

If you are going to use your own domain, you must configure DNS.

For example, if you are using Cloudflare and your bucket name is i.example.com, use these DNS settings:

• Type: CNAME
• Name: i
• Value: c.storage.googleapis.com

Configure ShareX Google Cloud Storage settings

• Open Destinations -> Destination settings
• Select the Google Cloud Storage tab
• Complete authorization
• Enter the name of the bucket you created
• For the upload path, it is recommended to use %y/%mo, which creates a folder such as 2017/12
• If you are using a custom domain, enter it in the custom domain box. Google Cloud Storage doesn't natively support HTTPS for custom domains, so unless you are using a TLS proxy such as Cloudflare, you must prepend http:// to your domain. For example, enter http://i.example.com
• If your bucket uses uniform permissions, uncheck Set public-read ACL on file because ACLs aren't supported in uniform-permission buckets
• Now you can close the destination settings window
• In the main window, make sure to select Google Cloud Storage as the destination for the image uploader, text uploader, and file uploader

Now you are ready to use Google Cloud Storage in ShareX!