.. _Accessing Storage Clusters via S3 Protocol:

Accessing Storage Clusters via S3 Protocol
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|product_name| can export data via an Amazon S3-like API, enabling service providers to:

- run S3-based services in their |product_name| infrastructures,
- sell S3-based storage-as-a-service to customers along with |product_name|.

The support for S3 expands the functionality of |product_name| and requires a working |product_name| cluster.

.. toctree::
   :name: wMUSlbuLgBczrYxN
   :caption: In this chapter:
   :maxdepth: 3
   :numbered:

   about-object-storage
   deploying-object-storage
   managing-s3-users
   managing-s3-buckets
   best-practices-for-using-object-storage
   appendices