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Use the Administration guide when you deploy BucketReef, configure the platform, or operate its storage integrations.

Choose your starting point

Your responsibility Start with
Evaluate or install BucketReef Local quickstart, then choose Docker Compose or Helm.
Take over an existing deployment Sysadmin onboarding.
Configure users, endpoints, accounts, S3 connections, settings, audit, or cost Admin workspace.
Operate Ceph RGW at cluster scope Ceph Admin.
Run bucket operations across authorized contexts Storage Ops.
Prepare a service for application or end-user teams Storage admin runbook.
Diagnose a production problem Troubleshooting and Observability.

First administration pass

  1. Verify the deployment, persistent services, secrets, and public URL.
  2. Configure at least one storage endpoint and confirm its health.
  3. Configure UI users/groups and the storage contexts they should access.
  4. Enable only the workspaces and features the service needs.
  5. Verify scheduler jobs, metrics, audit, backup, and recovery.
  6. Run a small end-to-end handover scenario with the target user role before announcing the service.

Administration owns platform configuration and operational storage work. Bucket and IAM administration inside a user's assigned S3 context is documented in the separate Manager guide; end-user Storage Space workflows are documented in the Portal guide.

Visual example

BucketReef workspace selector for administrative work BucketReef workspace selector for administrative work