Ceph Object Gateway administrative API

As a developer, you can administer the Ceph Object Gateway by interacting with the RESTful application programming interface (API). The Ceph Object Gateway makes available the features of the radosgw-admin command in a RESTful API. You can manage users, data, quotas, and usage which you can integrate with other management platforms.

Note: Use the command-line interface when configuring the Ceph Object Gateway.

RESTful HTTP(s) access — Figure 1. Basic access

Before administering with the RESTful application programming interface (API), be sure that you have both a running IBM Storage Ceph cluster and a RESTful client.

The administrative API provides the following functionality: