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Vultr object storage

Basically, Object Storage is Vultr’s S3-compatible, web-accessible cloud object storage service for storing and retrieving file objects.

Objects can access privately or publicly over the web.

Use cases for cloud object storage include:

• Static website hosting for assets such as images, JavaScript, CSS, or media files
• Share software or business files.
• Backup solutions

Today, let us see the steps followed by our Support Techs for object storage:

Firstly, select the Objects menu at the top of the customer portal to navigate to the object storage subscription listing.

Then, use the Add Object Storage form to deploy.

After deployment, view your access keys on the subscription listing page.

You store objects in buckets. Buckets are similar to folders on a file system.

You need to create at least one bucket before you upload objects.

• Firstly, bucket names must be unique per location. For example, bucket names in the New Jersey location must be unique across all Vultr customers in New Jersey.
• Secondly, bucket names must begin and end with a lowercase letter.
• Bucket names may contain a dash (-).
• Bucket names max length is 255 characters.

Buckets are web-accessible by name in two different formats.

If you delete a bucket or close a subscription, you must wait up to 48 hours before you can reuse the old bucket name.

Objects transferred to object storage are private by default.

You need a secret key to access them. Some tools allow you to change permissions to make objects, files, and buckets public.

Make sure to check your tool’s documentation and understand how it interacts with object storage.

• You can perform basic Object Storage management tasks in the Vultr web portal.
• S3 Browser is a freeware Windows client for S3-compatible object storage.

• Vultr’s object storage is S3-compatible and works with most tools designed for S3.

• Object Storage caches frequently accessed objects on NVMe storage. The cache is not user-controllable.
• The rate limit, also known as a request limit, is 400 requests per second per IP address.

If you exceed this limit, your requests will receive HTTP error code 429.

If your application requires higher request volumes, we recommend deploying a caching proxy for performance and security in front of your object storage.

• Files (objects) transferred to object storage are private by default. You need a secret key to access them.

Some tools allow you to change permissions to make objects, files, and buckets public.

Make sure to check your tool’s documentation and understand how it interacts with object storage.

API Access

The Vultr API offers several endpoints to manage Object Storage.

• Firstly, create new Object Storage.
• Then, get a list of all Object Storage in your account.
• Get information about an Object Storage.
• Get a list of all Object Storage clusters.
• Update the label for an Object Storage.
• Regenerate the keys for an Object Storage.
• Delete an Object Storage.

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Conclusion

Today, we saw steps followed by our Support Engineers to setup Vultr object storage.