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How to Provision Vultr Object Storage Subscription

Updated on November 27, 2024

Vultr Object Storage is an S3-compatible solution that offers on-demand data storage for business assets. The solution is ideal for storing web application assets like images, audio, and videos.

Follow this guide to provision a Vultr Object Storage subscription using the Vultr Customer Portal, API, or CLI.

  • Vultr Customer Portal
  • Vultr API
  • Vultr CLI

  1. Navigate to Products and select Cloud Storage.

  2. Click Object Storage.

    Add Vultr Object Storage Subscription

  3. Select a location, enter a label, and click Add.

    Enter a Database Label

  1. Send a GET request to the Get All Clusters endpoint and note the ID of your preferred region. For instance, 2 for the New Jersey region.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/object-storage/clusters" \
    -X GET \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"

  2. Send a POST request to the Create Object Storage endpoint to create a Vultr Object Storage subscription.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/object-storage" \
    -X POST \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
        "cluster_id" : 2,
        "label" : "Remote-Object-Storage"        
    }'

    Visit the Create Object Storage endpoint to view additional attributes to add to your request.

  3. Send a GET request to the List Object Storages endpoint to view all Vultr Object Storage subscriptions.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/object-storage" \
    -X GET \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"

  1. List the available Vultr Object Storage subscription clusters and note the cluster ID of your preferred region. For instance, 2 for the New Jersey region.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli object-storage list-clusters

  2. Create a new Vultr Object Storage subscription.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli object-storage create \
--cluster-id 2 \
--label Remote-Object-Storage

  3. List all Vultr Object Storage subscriptions.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli object-storage list

    Run vultr-cli object-storage create --help to view all options.