> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.xloud.tech/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Object Storage

> Scalable, durable object storage for Xloud private cloud — store and retrieve data at any scale with container-based organization, ACL controls, and large.

Massively scalable object storage for your private cloud — organize data in containers, control access with ACLs, and store objects of any size.

<Card title="Xloud Object Storage — Scale-Out Storage" icon="box" href="https://xloud.tech/xavs" color="#197560" horizontal>
  Product details and datasheet on xloud.tech
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<p style={{ fontSize: '1.25rem', fontWeight: 700, marginBottom: '0.75rem' }}>Xloud Object Storage</p>

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  <Card title="User Guide" icon="book-open" href="/services/object-storage/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Create containers, upload objects, manage ACLs, enable versioning, and work with large objects using the Xloud Dashboard or CLI.
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  <Card title="Admin Guide" icon="shield-check" href="/services/object-storage/admin-guide" color="#197560">
    Configure storage policies, manage rings, control replication, enforce quotas, and maintain the object storage cluster as a platform administrator.
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  <Card title="CLI Reference" icon="terminal" href="/services/object-storage/cli-reference" color="#197560">
    `openstack object` and `openstack container` commands for managing object storage resources from the command line.
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  <Card title="Access Control" icon="lock" color="#197560">
    Container-level and account-level ACLs control which users and services can read or write object data across your project boundaries.
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<p style={{ fontSize: '1.25rem', fontWeight: 700, marginBottom: '0.75rem' }}>Key Features</p>

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  <Card title="Unlimited Scale" icon="infinity" href="/services/object-storage/architecture" color="#197560">
    Store billions of objects across petabytes of capacity. The distributed ring architecture scales horizontally — add storage nodes without downtime.
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  <Card title="Built-In Redundancy" icon="shield-check" href="/services/object-storage/replication" color="#197560">
    Configurable replication factors ensure multiple copies of every object are maintained across different zones and drives, protecting against hardware failure.
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  <Card title="Object Versioning" icon="history" href="/services/object-storage/versioning" color="#197560">
    Enable versioning on containers to retain all previous versions of every object. Recover from accidental overwrites or deletions without external backup tools.
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  <Card title="Large Object Support" icon="file-archive" href="/services/object-storage/large-objects" color="#197560">
    Store objects larger than 5 GB using Static Large Objects (SLO) or Dynamic Large Objects (DLO). Assemble multi-part uploads into a single addressable object.
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  <Card title="Temporary URLs" icon="link" href="/services/object-storage/temp-urls" color="#197560">
    Generate time-limited, cryptographically signed URLs for sharing objects without granting permanent access — ideal for file distribution and download links.
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  <Card title="Server-Side Encryption" icon="lock" href="/services/object-storage/security" color="#197560">
    Encrypt object data at rest using keys managed through Xloud Key Manager. Per-container or per-object encryption policies protect sensitive data automatically.
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<p style={{ fontSize: '1.25rem', fontWeight: 700, marginBottom: '0.75rem' }}>Object Storage Components</p>

| Component      | Description                                                                                             |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Account        | Top-level namespace for a project's object storage. Holds containers and account-level metadata         |
| Container      | A logical bucket within an account. Holds objects and defines access policies and storage configuration |
| Object         | An individual data item stored in a container. Includes the payload and user-defined metadata           |
| Metadata       | Key-value pairs attached to accounts, containers, or objects for organization and workflow integration  |
| Storage Policy | A named configuration specifying replication factor, placement rules, and erasure coding for containers |
| Ring           | The consistent hash ring mapping objects to physical storage locations across the cluster               |

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<p style={{ fontSize: '1.25rem', fontWeight: 700, marginBottom: '0.75rem' }}>Related Services</p>

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  <Card title="Xloud Key Manager" icon="lock" href="/services/key-manager" color="#197560">
    Manage encryption keys for server-side object encryption
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  <Card title="Xloud Identity" icon="fingerprint" href="/cli-setup" color="#197560">
    Authentication tokens and RBAC governing container access
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  <Card title="Xloud Compute" icon="server" href="/services/compute" color="#197560">
    Instance backup storage, disk image exports, and application data archiving
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  <Card title="Xloud Image Service" icon="layers" href="/services/compute" color="#197560">
    Store virtual machine images backed by object storage containers
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  <Card title="Xloud DNS" icon="globe" href="/services/dns" color="#197560">
    Map custom domain names to object storage container endpoints
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  <Card title="Xloud Load Balancer" icon="combine" href="/services/load-balancer" color="#197560">
    Distribute object storage API requests across multiple proxy nodes
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<p style={{ fontSize: '1.25rem', fontWeight: 700, marginBottom: '0.75rem' }}>Getting Started</p>

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  <Card title="Authentication" icon="key" href="/cli-setup" color="#197560">
    Configure Dashboard access and CLI credentials before working with Object Storage
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  <Card title="User Guide" icon="book-open" href="/services/object-storage/user-guide" color="#197560">
    Step-by-step instructions for creating your first container and uploading objects
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