Obtaining Cloudflare R2 Credentials

Obtaining Cloudflare R2 Credentials

Before you can use the r2d2 CLI to upload files to your Cloudflare R2 bucket, you need to obtain your R2 credentials:

• Access Key ID
• Secret Access Key
• Account ID

Follow these steps to retrieve your credentials from the Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Log in to the Cloudflare Dashboard

• Go to the Cloudflare website (https://www.cloudflare.com/) and log in to your account.

2. Navigate to R2

• In the Cloudflare dashboard, click on the "R2" icon in the left-hand navigation menu.

3. Create or Select a Bucket (if you haven't already)

• If you don't have an existing R2 bucket, create one by clicking the "Create bucket" button.
• If you already have a bucket, select the bucket you want to use.

4. Create an API Token

• Click on "Manage R2 API Tokens"

• Click on "Create API Token"

• Give a name for the API Token.

• Select the "Admin Read & Write" Permission

• The scope should be your Account

  

5. Obtain Your Credentials

• After you create the API Token you will see the Access Key ID and the Secret Access Key

  

6. Obtain your Account ID

• The Account ID can be found in the URL when you are on the main page of R2. It's also on the bottom of the main page