Using Backblaze's B2 cloud storage, combined with Cloudflare, free download, custom domain name, the first 10G of space is free, and the cost is extremely low

Backblaze was founded in 2007 and focuses on providing personal storage, commercial storage, B2 cloud storage, etc. This time we will introduce how to use B2 cloud storage.

Backblaze's B2 cloud storage is free for the first 10GB, but both uploading and downloading are charged. Uploading 1G per month costs $0.39 per year, and so on. Download fee, can be combined with Cloudflare, free download, no fee. 1G storage, annual payment is 0.06 US dollars, and so on.

For a normal small site, the free 10GB space is enough. If that is not enough, you can purchase another 10GB space, with 1GB of upload space per month, for an annual fee of US$0.99. The specific price can be calculated online: https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage-pricing.html

The following will introduce how to customize the domain name, use Cloudflare CDN, etc.

1. Sign up for Backblaze's B2 cloud storage

https://www.backblaze.com/b2/sign-up.html

A phone verification code is required and domestic calls are supported.

2. Enter the B2 backend of Backblaze and create a Bucket

3. Check the server where your Bucket is located. This requires uploading a file to view it.

The f000.backblaze2.com shown above is the server where your Bucket is located. Remember to bind this domain name in Cloudflare later.

4. Set cname to f000.backblaze2.com in cloudflare and enable CDN

5. Set up 2 Page Rules in cloudflare

The final setting results are as follows (the order cannot be wrong)

Demo (video): https://bb.timecdn.com/file/haoffers/video.mp4
Demo (image): https://bb.timecdn.com/file/haoffers/2019/04/tumblr_lqb65oNAgM1qmjrzto1_1280.jpg