With the default set-up, it looks like uploads are stored locally. How does this work once you've deployed your site? For example, when using Payload with Next.js and Vercel, once you've deployed, are uploads automatically uploaded and organized into the

/public

directory? How does this work to get newest changes locally?

Zooming out, I'm looking for a little clarity on the best way to handle images on a Next.js + Vercel + Mux marketing site. Mux handles the videos, and I'm not sure if I need to use a separate cloud solution for the images, or if Payload allows me to store images locally.

I'm assuming it makes more sense to integrate a cloud option. In this case, is the

plugin-cloud-storage

my best bet?

jarrod_not_jared
last year
I can add some clarity here.

If you are looking to deploy on Vercel then you will need to use a third party service to store your images. Vercel's public directory is just for static assets that can be committed to your repo.

That is just because with Vercel you don't control the server. It would be the same for similar hosts.

If you were to deploy Payload say on a Digital ocean droplet, you control the server and it comes with a set amount of storage on disk. So in this case you would be able to save images locally
using
Payload, but not
because
of Payload.
jm.svlast year
@281120856527077378
thank you! That makes sense. And then if I use Payload Cloud, it's automatically provisioning and S3 bucket and using the
payload-cloud-plugin
behind the scenes to store images?
jarrod_not_jared
last year
Yes 💯

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