From 43e1b85c8de2dab29909a3c9f099e52b9660dd16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "mintlify[bot]" <109931778+mintlify[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 13:42:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: clarify S3 storage is required for self-hosted Lightdash --- .../configure-lightdash-to-use-external-object-storage.mdx | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/self-host/customize-deployment/configure-lightdash-to-use-external-object-storage.mdx b/self-host/customize-deployment/configure-lightdash-to-use-external-object-storage.mdx index 4c1c8123..bb887fc3 100644 --- a/self-host/customize-deployment/configure-lightdash-to-use-external-object-storage.mdx +++ b/self-host/customize-deployment/configure-lightdash-to-use-external-object-storage.mdx @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ On Lightdash, we generate some files like: These files need to be stored in a S3 Compatible Cloud storage. Some options are GCP Buckets, S3 Storage and MinIO. + + S3-compatible storage is **required**. Lightdash will fail to start if `S3_ENDPOINT`, `S3_BUCKET`, and `S3_REGION` are not set. All warehouses (including Snowflake) fetch async query results from S3. + + ## Configure cloud storage on Google Cloud Platform Go into GCP: Cloud storage