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# IONOS Cloud Object Storage

**IONOS CLOUD Object Storage** is a highly scalable and durable service designed for storing and accessing massive amounts of unstructured data. Built for reliability and flexibility, it provides an ideal solution for diverse data needs, including:

* **Secure backups and archives**
* **Hosting large media files and content libraries**
* **Scalable data**

A core advantage of this service is its full S3-compliance, which allows you to seamlessly manage your buckets and objects using a wide variety of existing S3 clients and tools.

Begin with the [<mark style="color:blue;">IONOS CLOUD Object Storage User Guide</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/backup-and-storage/ionos-object-storage) to understand the fundamental concepts and configuration options, and later follow step-by-step instructions in the following tutorial to deploy your advanced workflows:

## Explore Tutorials

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Create a Bucket with Object Lock</strong></mark></td><td>Create a bucket with Object Lock using <code class="expression">space.vars.ionos_cloud_object_storage</code> API, AWS CLI, or PowerShell.</td><td><a href="/cloud/tutorials/backup-and-storage/object-storage/object-lock-enabled.md">Create a Bucket with Object Lock</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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