VersityGW Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

VersityGW hosting on xCloud lets you deploy VersityGW, a simple-to-deploy S3-compatible gateway that stores buckets and objects as plain files, on your own domain. xCloud runs the pinned official image with the POSIX backend, generates the root access and secret keys, keeps two volumes for data and users and publishes the S3 API and the web console over HTTPS. Every request must be signed, so there is no anonymous access.

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What is VersityGW?

VersityGW, the Versity S3 Gateway, is a simple to deploy but feature-rich S3 object storage server for your filesystem. It translates S3 API requests into operations on a backend, which can be a POSIX file system, ScoutFS, Azure Blob Storage or another S3 server, runs statelessly so instances can sit behind a load balancer, and offers an optional web GUI and static website hosting. A self-hosted VersityGW is an S3 gateway on files, an alternative to Amazon S3. It is licensed Apache-2.0.

On xCloud it is VersityGW v1.8.0, the official image pinned by digest, using the POSIX backend rooted at /data. Each top-level directory is a bucket, and objects are plain files. The versitygw_data volume holds buckets and objects, and versitygw_iam holds additional S3 users. xCloud generates the root key pair that signs in to the console and signs S3 requests.

From Sign-Up to a Live S3 Endpoint In Just 3 Easy Steps

An S3-compatible endpoint normally means a gateway, a storage directory, credentials, 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 VersityGW from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official VersityGW image, pinned by immutable digest, mount the versitygw_data volume for buckets and objects and the versitygw_iam volume for additional S3 users, generate the root access key and secret, and publish the S3 API and web console over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Open The Console And Create A Bucket
Open your HTTPS VersityGW URL at /ui/ and sign in with the access key and secret key from the installation credentials. Create a bucket there, or point an S3 client at the site with path-style addressing and region us-east-1 and create one from the CLI.

Everything VersityGW Does, On Your Own Server

VersityGW runs in full here: an S3 API and a web console on your own domain, backed by plain files on a volume you own.

S3 API For Your Tools
Use the AWS CLI, SDKs and rclone against the endpoint, with path-style addressing and region us-east-1.
Objects Are Plain Files
Buckets and objects are stored as ordinary files on the volume, with metadata in extended attributes.
Built-In Web Console
The console at /ui/ lets you create buckets and upload and download objects without a client.
Signed Requests Only
There is no anonymous access: unsigned requests and wrong keys are rejected, and extra users can be created with their own permissions.
Small Footprint
A single container with no database sidecar; measured idle use in QA was under 16 MiB.
Persistent Buckets And Users
Buckets, objects and users survive an xCloud Restart because they sit on the versitygw_data and versitygw_iam volumes.

Everything You Need To Run Your S3 Gateway 24/7

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

VersityGW v1.8.0 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Root access key generated for you
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With VersityGW

Give an app an S3 endpoint over plain files
Point any S3 client or SDK at your domain and let it store objects as ordinary files, so the same data stays readable from the server's filesystem.
Browse buckets in a web console
Open the console at /ui/ with the root key to list buckets and objects, so a small team checks what an application stored without a command line.
Create separate users for each application
Use the root account to create additional S3 users kept in the IAM volume, so an application gets its own key instead of the key that can delete everything.
Move from a file share to S3 access
Keep data on a filesystem layout while exposing it through S3, so tools that speak S3 can reach files that were previously reachable only by mounting.

VersityGW Screenshots

A bucket created in the VersityGW web console

An object uploaded in the VersityGW web console

VersityGW vs Alternatives

Amazon S3: A hosted object store billed by usage. VersityGW speaks the S3 API from your own server, with objects as plain files in a volume you hold and keys you generate.
MinIO: MinIO has its own OneClick page. In a VersityGW vs MinIO comparison, VersityGW keeps objects as plain files on a POSIX layout, so the filesystem itself stays readable beside S3.
RustFS: RustFS has its own OneClick page. VersityGW is a stateless gateway with several possible backends; this template runs only the POSIX one, with a web console at /ui/.
Garage: Garage has its own OneClick page. VersityGW fronts a filesystem rather than managing its own distributed store, with an optional web GUI and static website hosting.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

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

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom and disk growth for a busier object store.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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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. VersityGW is licensed by its maintainers under Apache-2.0.

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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Run Your Own S3 Endpoint?

VersityGW 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.

How much RAM does VersityGW need?

Only 128 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 10 GB of disk per its template, because the gateway is a small stateless Go service. Disk matters most, since every object is a file on the data volume.

Can you self-host VersityGW with Docker?

Yes, and this template is versitygw docker hosting without the setup: the official image pinned by digest, the versitygw_data and versitygw_iam volumes, a generated root key pair and HTTPS on your own domain. No separate database container is needed.

How do S3 clients connect to VersityGW?

Use your HTTPS domain as the endpoint, region us-east-1 and path-style addressing, with the access key and secret key from your credentials. Create separate users for applications rather than sharing the root key. Clients that expect virtual-hosted addressing need path-style turned on.

Are anonymous requests allowed on VersityGW?

No. The endpoint is reachable from the internet, but every request must be signed with a valid key. The root key can read, overwrite and delete every bucket, so keep it private and use per-application users.

Why does aws s3 cp fail on the first download from VersityGW?

Cloudflare's edge can turn the first signed HEAD for a new object with an extension such as .zip into a GET, returning 403. Download with aws s3api get-object or your SDK's GetObject, or repeat the command.

Is VersityGW an alternative to Amazon S3 or MinIO?

For S3 access to your own storage, yes. Upstream describes a gateway for your filesystem and publishes no comparison with other products. You manage disk space, keys and backups yourself. It has no distributed-cluster mode in this install, so keep external copies.

Is VersityGW free?

VersityGW is open source under Apache-2.0 and carries no licence charge. Your only bill is the Cloud VPS, so this VersityGW cloud install is yours alone, with objects stored on your own disk. Object storage costs scale with the disk you choose, not with requests.

How do I back up VersityGW?

Copy versitygw_data, which holds the buckets as files, and versitygw_iam, which holds extra S3 users, while writes are quiet. Keep the root key with the copy and test a restore on a separate volume. Because objects are plain files, standard file backup tools also work.

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How do I upgrade VersityGW?

VersityGW stays on its pinned v1.8.0 image until a newer template version is adopted. Take a copy of both volumes first and check the release notes. No upgrade is automatic. Redeploying keeps the volumes, so buckets and users carry over unchanged.

Are there limits on bucket names or uploads in VersityGW?

A bucket named ui is hidden behind the web console, and keys starting with a dot are refused by the proxy. Behind Cloudflare, requests are limited to roughly 100 MB, so use multipart uploads for large objects.

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.