Self-host

Task-oriented recipes for running Stowage outside Kubernetes — on a VM, a bare-metal box, or a single container. Each page assumes you've done a quickstart and now want to do something specific.

#Install

• Using the install script
• From a release binary
• From source
• As a Docker container
• As a systemd unit

#Configure

• The config file and env-var overrides
• Logging
• SQLite path and lifecycle

#Authentication

• Local username + password
• Static config-defined account
• OIDC
• Sessions, idle timeout, lockout

#Reverse proxy and TLS

• Why Stowage runs HTTP-only behind a proxy
• nginx
• Caddy
• Traefik

#Backends

• Connecting an S3-compatible backend in YAML
• Managing endpoints from the dashboard
• Per-vendor recipes:
  • MinIO
  • Garage
  • SeaweedFS
  • AWS S3
  • Backblaze B2
  • Cloudflare R2
  • Wasabi

#Bucket administration

• Versioning
• Bucket policy
• CORS
• Lifecycle rules
• Quotas

#Sharing

• Creating and revoking shares
• Share semantics: passwords, expiry, download caps
• The recipient page (/s/<code>)

#Cross-backend transfers

• Copying between backends

#Audit

• Querying and exporting the audit log

#Operations

• Health probes
• Backup and restore
• Rotating STOWAGE_SECRET_KEY
• Upgrading between releases

#Migrating to Stowage

• From the MinIO Console