Garage S3 Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Garage S3 hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted S3 object storage endpoint without assembling it. Deploy Garage S3 from the OneClick catalog and xCloud starts the official v2.4.1 image as a single container, generates the access key and secret, creates your default bucket on first start, mounts two volumes and publishes the S3 API over HTTPS on your domain. It is an S3 API only, with no web console.

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What is Garage S3?

Garage is an S3-compatible distributed object storage service designed for self-hosting at a small-to-medium scale, according to its README. It focuses on being lightweight, easy to operate and resilient to machine failures, and is built for clusters spread across locations. Its authors, Deuxfleurs, have used it in production since 2020. Self-hosted Garage S3 is object storage you run yourself instead of renting a cloud bucket. It is released under AGPL-3.0.

Here on xCloud the template runs Garage v2.4.1 as one single-node container with no replication, pinned by digest. Metadata sits on the garage_meta volume and objects on garage_data. Only the S3 API port is published. A bucket and an access key are created on first start, and clients use region garage with path-style addressing. Because it is one node, it gives you no clustering or high availability.

From Sign-Up to Your First Bucket In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting an S3 store normally means a Docker host, volumes, generated keys, a bucket, a domain and a certificate before the first upload. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Garage S3 from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server, then enter a default bucket name (3 to 63 characters; the default is my-bucket).
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official Garage image pinned by immutable digest as a single container, mount the garage_meta and garage_data volumes, generate the access key ID and secret key, create your bucket on first start and publish the S3 API over HTTPS. The cluster, web-hosting and admin ports stay unpublished.
Step 03
Connect An S3 Client
Save the Secret Access Key from the protected installation credentials, wait about a minute for the first start, then point the AWS CLI, an SDK or rclone at your HTTPS endpoint with region garage and path-style addressing.

Everything Garage Does, On Your Own Server

Garage runs here as a single-node S3 API on your own domain, with the bucket and key already in place.

S3-Compatible API
Use the AWS CLI, S3 SDKs or rclone against your own endpoint with path-style addressing and region garage.
Default Bucket Created For You
The bucket you name at install is created on first start, so there is somewhere to write before you configure anything.
Generated Access Key
xCloud generates the access key ID and secret key. Every request must be signed; anonymous reads and writes are refused.
Separate Keys Per Application
Create more keys from the command line and grant each one access to a bucket, so each application gets only what it needs.
Persistent Metadata And Data
The garage_meta volume holds metadata, the node key and the cluster layout; garage_data holds the objects. An object survived a container restart in QA.
Lightweight By Design
Upstream focuses on being lightweight and easy to operate; idle memory use measured about 3.6 MiB in QA.

Everything You Need To Run Your Object Storage 24/7

Managed hosting for Garage S3, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Garage v2.4.1 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Access key generated for you
S3 API behind xCloud HTTPS
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Garage S3

An S3 endpoint your apps can use
Point scripts, SDKs and tools at an S3 API you control, using path-style addressing and the generated key.
Backups and static assets
Keep backups and static files in a bucket that exists from the first start, with rclone or the AWS CLI doing the transfers.
One key per application
Create a separate access key for each application and grant it access to its own bucket, so one leaked key does not expose everything.
A small footprint object store
Run object storage on a modest server: Garage idled at about 3.6 MiB of memory in QA on a single node.

Garage S3 vs Alternatives

MinIO: MinIO has its own xCloud page. Garage here is an S3 API only, with no web console, and idled at about 3.6 MiB of memory in QA.
SeaweedFS: SeaweedFS has its own xCloud page. Choose Garage when one S3 API endpoint with a pre-created bucket and access key is what you need.
RustFS: RustFS has its own xCloud page. Garage is the option here whose upstream focuses on being lightweight and easy to operate.
Amazon S3: Garage implements the S3 API and keeps the objects on a server you control; this template is one node without replication.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Garage S3 hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if Garage sits alongside other apps on the same server.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Garage itself is licensed by its maintainers under AGPL-3.0.

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Garage S3 on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is Garage S3 free?

Yes. Garage is free software under AGPL-3.0, with its licence text linked at the pinned v2.4.1 tag, so keep the notices and share source for modified versions. xCloud bills for the Cloud VPS under it, not for Garage, and there is no per-request or per-gigabyte fee.

Can you self-host Garage S3 with Docker?

Yes, and this Garage S3 Docker hosting template does it for you: the official dxflrs/garage image, pinned by digest, runs as a single node on your own server with the S3 API behind HTTPS. It is not a Garage S3 cloud account, so objects stay on your server.

How much RAM does Garage S3 need?

Garage S3's manifest sets a minimum of 512 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 10 GB of disk, and QA measured about 3.6 MiB idle. Stored objects grow the data volume. This page sells the 6 GB tier, which leaves wide headroom above that floor.

Does Garage S3 have a web console?

No. Garage here is an S3 API only, with no sign-in page. Use an S3 client, the AWS CLI, an SDK or rclone with your endpoint, region garage and the generated keys. A browser visit to the domain returns an access-denied response, which is expected.

How do I connect an S3 client to Garage S3?

Use the endpoint, region garage, bucket, access key ID and secret from the credentials panel, with path-style addressing, because virtual-host-style buckets are not enabled. Then run an AWS CLI listing or an rclone copy against the default bucket to confirm access.

Is the Garage S3 endpoint public?

Yes, it is reachable from the internet, but every request must be signed with a valid access key and anonymous requests are refused. The default key has read, write and owner permission on the default bucket, so treat the secret like a password. Create a separate key per application with the garage key create command inside the container.

How large can a Garage S3 upload be?

The proxy accepts request bodies up to 1 GB, but a domain behind the Cloudflare proxy is limited to roughly 100 MB per request. Use multipart uploads for large objects, which the AWS CLI, SDKs and rclone do above their thresholds, and keep each part below that limit.

Which Garage S3 environment values must I leave alone?

Do not edit GARAGE_DEFAULT_SECRET_KEY or GARAGE_RPC_SECRET. Garage refuses to start if the default key changes, and the RPC secret must stay as generated. Changing the default access key or bucket name only adds a new one on the next start.

How do I back up Garage S3?

Back up the garage_meta and garage_data volumes together while the container is stopped. The metadata volume holds the node key and layout, so object data without it is not usable. Keep the access key and secret in a password manager, and test a restore.

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How do I upgrade Garage S3?

Catalog changes never rewrite a running v2.4.1 install, so a newer template version only arrives when you adopt it. Back up both volumes and read the upstream release notes first, then check that a known object still reads back.

Is Garage S3 an alternative to Amazon S3?

It implements the S3 API, so many tools work against it, and Garage keeps objects on your server. This page makes no feature-parity claim, and this template is one node without replication, so test your client's calls first.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.