Merge pull request #2031 from vladdoster/2026-cloud-provider-docs-update

Cloud provider docs update

CONTRIBUTORS.rst

@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ Listed in alphabetical order.
   Travis McNeill           `@Travistock`_               @tavistock_esq
   Tubo Shi                 `@Tubo`_
   Umair Ashraf             `@umrashrf`_                 @fabumair
+  Vlad Doster              `@vladdoster`_
   Vitaly Babiy
   Vivian Guillen           `@viviangb`_
   Will Farley              `@goldhand`_                 @g01dhand
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ Listed in alphabetical order.
 .. _@mrcoles: https://github.com/mrcoles
 .. _@ericgroom: https://github.com/ericgroom
 .. _@hanaquadara: https://github.com/hanaquadara
+.. _@vladdoster: https://github.com/vladdoster
 
 Special Thanks
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

README.rst

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Features
 * Comes with custom user model ready to go
 * Optional custom static build using Gulp and livereload
 * Send emails via Anymail_ (using Mailgun_ by default, but switchable)
-* Media storage using Amazon S3
+* Media storage using Amazon S3 or Google Cloud Storage
 * Docker support using docker-compose_ for development and production (using Traefik_ with LetsEncrypt_ support)
 * Procfile_ for deploying to Heroku
 * Instructions for deploying to PythonAnywhere_
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Optional Integrations
 
 *These features can be enabled during initial project setup.*
 
-* Serve static files from Amazon S3 or Whitenoise_
+* Serve static files from Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage or Whitenoise_
 * Configuration for Celery_ and Flower_ (the latter in Docker setup only)
 * Integration with MailHog_ for local email testing
 * Integration with Sentry_ for error logging
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ Answer the prompts with your own desired options_. For example::
     1 - None
     2 - Gulp
     Choose from 1, 2 [1]: 1
+    Select cloud_provider:
+    1 - AWS
+    2 - GCS
+    Choose from 1, 2 [1]: 1
     custom_bootstrap_compilation [n]: n
     Select open_source_license:
     1 - MIT

docs/project-generation-options.rst

@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ js_task_runner:
     1. None
     2. Gulp_
 
+cloud_provider:
+    Select a cloud provider for static & media files. The choices are:
+
+    1. AWS_
+    2. GCS_
+
 custom_bootstrap_compilation:
     Indicates whether the project should support Bootstrap recompilation
     via the selected JavaScript task runner's task. This can be useful
@@ -115,6 +121,9 @@ debug:
 
 .. _Gulp: https://github.com/gulpjs/gulp
 
+.. _AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/s3/
+.. _GCS: https://cloud.google.com/storage/
+
 .. _Django Compressor: https://github.com/django-compressor/django-compressor
 
 .. _Celery: https://github.com/celery/celery

docs/settings.rst

@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ DJANGO_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID                AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID           n/a
 DJANGO_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY            AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY       n/a                                            raises error
 DJANGO_AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME          AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME     n/a                                            raises error
 DJANGO_AWS_S3_REGION_NAME               AWS_S3_REGION_NAME          n/a                                            None
+DJANGO_GCE_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME          GS_BUCKET_NAME              n/a                                            raises error
+GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS          n/a                         n/a                                            raises error
 SENTRY_DSN                              SENTRY_DSN                  n/a                                            raises error
 DJANGO_SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL                 SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL            n/a                                            logging.INFO
 MAILGUN_API_KEY                         MAILGUN_ACCESS_KEY          n/a                                            raises error