What is path style vs virtual style

Applies to

• StorageGRID
• AWS 

Answer

• Virtual hosted style requests have the bucket as part of the subdomain instead of the URL path (see below for examples)
  • Virtual hosted style example: https://bucket_name.s3.testdomain.com/object_key
  • Path style example: https://s3.testdomain.com/bucket_name/object_key"

Virtual-hosted-style:

• Uses a virtual-hosted-style URL to access the bucket. 
• Virtual hosted-style is now the default method for AWS S3.
• StorageGRID and many applications still support path style, it is best practice to implement virtual hosted-style support.
• Virtual-hosted-style URLs include the bucket name as part of the domain name.
• If you choose to use a domain name instead, it is recommended to use the "Virtual Hosted-Style URL" for StorageGRID.
  • Example: https://bucket_name.s3.company.com/key-name
  • Example: bucket.domain.domain.domain
• It can support wildcard DNS lookups as well
  • Example:  *.s3.company.com
• Information over configuring virtual hosted style: Configure S3 endpoint domain names
• Only populate the S3 endpoint domain page if virtual style is needed for the environment. 

Path-style:

• Use a path-style URL to access the bucket.
• The "Path-Style URL" is the default URL style used by clients when configuring StorageGRID.
• Path-style URLs include the bucket name at the end.
• This style is used when you provide an IP address instead of a domain name for the Server name (FQDN) field.
  • Example: https://s3.company.com/bucket_name/key-name
  • Example: domain.domain.domain/bucket
• Note: The path-style URL option is not recommended and will be deprecated in a future release of StorageGRID.

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