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Admin Operations

An admin API request will be done on a URI that starts with the configurable ‘admin’ resource entry point. Authorization for the admin API duplicates the S3 authorization mechanism. Some operations require that the user holds special administrative capabilities. The response entity type (XML or JSON) may be specified as the ‘format’ option in the request and defaults to JSON if not specified.

Info

Get RGW cluster/endpoint information.

caps: info=read

Syntax

GET /{admin}/info?format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

None.

Response Entities

If successful, the response contains an info section.

info

Description: A container for all returned information.
Type: Container

cluster_id

Description: The (typically unique) identifier for the controlling backing store for the RGW cluster. In the typical case, this is value returned from librados::rados::cluster_fsid().
Type: String
Parent: info

Special Error Responses

None.

Get Usage

Request bandwidth usage information.

Note: this feature is disabled by default, can be enabled by setting rgw enable usage log = true in the appropriate section of ceph.conf. For changes in ceph.conf to take effect, radosgw process restart is needed.

caps: usage=read

Syntax

GET /{admin}/usage?format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

uid

Description: The user for which the information is requested. If not specified will apply to all users.
Type: String
Example: foo_user
Required: No

start

Description: Date and (optional) time that specifies the start time of the requested data.
Type: String
Example: 2012-09-25 16:00:00
Required: No

end

Description: Date and (optional) time that specifies the end time of the requested data (non-inclusive).
Type: String
Example: 2012-09-25 16:00:00
Required: No

show-entries

Description: Specifies whether data entries should be returned.
Type: Boolean
Example: True [True]
Required: No

show-summary

Description: Specifies whether data summary should be returned.
Type: Boolean
Example: True [True]
Required: No

Response Entities

If successful, the response contains the requested information.

usage

Description: A container for the usage information.
Type: Container

entries

Description: A container for the usage entries information.
Type: Container

user

Description: A container for the user data information.
Type: Container

owner

Description: The name of the user that owns the buckets.
Type: String

bucket

Description: The bucket name.
Type: String

time

Description: Time lower bound for which data is being specified (rounded to the beginning of the first relevant hour).
Type: String

epoch

Description: The time specified in seconds since 1/1/1970.
Type: String

categories

Description: A container for stats categories.
Type: Container

entry

Description: A container for stats entry.
Type: Container

category

Description: Name of request category for which the stats are provided.
Type: String

bytes_sent

Description: Number of bytes sent by the RADOS Gateway.
Type: Integer

bytes_received

Description: Number of bytes received by the RADOS Gateway.
Type: Integer

ops

Description: Number of operations.
Type: Integer

successful_ops

Description: Number of successful operations.
Type: Integer

summary

Description: A container for stats summary.
Type: Container

total

Description: A container for stats summary aggregated total.
Type: Container

Special Error Responses

TBD.

Trim Usage

Remove usage information. With no dates specified, removes all usage information.

Note: this feature is disabled by default, can be enabled by setting rgw enable usage log = true in the appropriate section of ceph.conf. For changes in ceph.conf to take effect, radosgw process restart is needed.

caps: usage=write

Syntax

DELETE /{admin}/usage?format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

uid

Description: The user for which the information is requested. If not specified will apply to all users.
Type: String
Example: foo_user
Required: No

start

Description: Date and (optional) time that specifies the start time of the requested data.
Type: String
Example: 2012-09-25 16:00:00
Required: No

end

Description: Date and (optional) time that specifies the end time of the requested data (none inclusive).
Type: String
Example: 2012-09-25 16:00:00
Required: No

remove-all

Description: Required when uid is not specified, in order to acknowledge multi user data removal.
Type: Boolean
Example: True [False]
Required: No

Special Error Responses

TBD.

Get User Info

Get user information.

Syntax

GET /{admin}/user?format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

uid

Response Entities

If successful, the response contains the user information.

user

user_id

display_name

suspended

max_buckets

subusers

keys

swift_keys

caps

Special Error Responses

None.

Create User

Create a new user. By default, a S3 key pair will be created automatically and returned in the response. If only one of access-key or secret-key is provided, the omitted key will be automatically generated. By default, a generated key is added to the keyring without replacing an existing key pair. If access-key is specified and refers to an existing key owned by the user then it will be modified.

New in version Luminous.

A tenant may either be specified as a part of uid or as an additional request param.

caps: users=write

Syntax

PUT /{admin}/user?format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

uid

Description: The user ID to be created.
Type: String
Example: foo_user
Required: Yes

A tenant name may also specified as a part of uid, by following the syntax tenant$user, refer to Multitenancy for more details.

display-name

Description: The display name of the user to be created.
Type: String
Example: foo user
Required: Yes

email

Description: The email address associated with the user.
Type: String
Example: foo@bar.com
Required: No

key-type

Description: Key type to be generated, options are: swift, s3 (default).
Type: String
Example: s3 [s3]
Required: No

access-key

Description: Specify access key.
Type: String
Example: ABCD0EF12GHIJ2K34LMN
Required: No

secret-key

Description: Specify secret key.
Type: String
Example: 0AbCDEFg1h2i34JklM5nop6QrSTUV+WxyzaBC7D8
Required: No

user-caps

Description: User capabilities.
Type: String
Example: usage=read, write; users=read
Required: No

generate-key

Description: Generate a new key pair and add to the existing keyring.
Type: Boolean
Example: True [True]
Required: No

max-buckets

Description: Specify the maximum number of buckets the user can own.
Type: Integer
Example: 500 [1000]
Required: No

suspended

Description: Specify whether the user should be suspended.
Type: Boolean
Example: False [False]
Required: No

New in version Jewel.

tenant

Description: the Tenant under which a user is a part of.
Type: string
Example: tenant1
Required: No

Response Entities

If successful, the response contains the user information.

user

Description: A container for the user data information.
Type: Container

tenant

Description: The tenant which user is a part of.
Type: String
Parent: user

user_id

Description: The user id.
Type: String
Parent: user

display_name

Description: Display name for the user.
Type: String
Parent: user

suspended

Description: True if the user is suspended.
Type: Boolean
Parent: user

max_buckets

Description: The maximum number of buckets to be owned by the user.
Type: Integer
Parent: user

subusers

Description: Subusers associated with this user account.
Type: Container
Parent: user

keys

Description: S3 keys associated with this user account.
Type: Container
Parent: user

swift_keys

Description: Swift keys associated with this user account.
Type: Container
Parent: user

caps

Description: User capabilities.
Type: Container
Parent: user

Special Error Responses

UserExists

Description: Attempt to create existing user.
Code: 409 Conflict

InvalidAccessKey

Description: Invalid access key specified.
Code: 400 Bad Request

InvalidKeyType

Description: Invalid key type specified.
Code: 400 Bad Request

InvalidSecretKey

Description: Invalid secret key specified.
Code: 400 Bad Request

InvalidKeyType

Description: Invalid key type specified.
Code: 400 Bad Request

KeyExists

Description: Provided access key exists and belongs to another user.
Code: 409 Conflict

EmailExists

Description: Provided email address exists.
Code: 409 Conflict

InvalidCapability

Description: Attempt to grant invalid admin capability.
Code: 400 Bad Request

Modify User

Modify a user.

caps: users=write

Syntax

POST /{admin}/user?format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

uid

Description: The user ID to be modified.
Type: String
Example: foo_user
Required: Yes

display-name

Description: The display name of the user to be modified.
Type: String
Example: foo user
Required: No

email

Description: The email address to be associated with the user.
Type: String
Example: foo@bar.com
Required: No

generate-key

Description: Generate a new key pair and add to the existing keyring.
Type: Boolean
Example: True [False]
Required: No

access-key

Description: Specify access key.
Type: String
Example: ABCD0EF12GHIJ2K34LMN
Required: No

secret-key

Description: Specify secret key.
Type: String
Example: 0AbCDEFg1h2i34JklM5nop6QrSTUV+WxyzaBC7D8
Required: No

key-type

Description: Key type to be generated, options are: swift, s3 (default).
Type: String
Example: s3
Required: No

max-buckets

Description: Specify the maximum number of buckets the user can own.
Type: Integer
Example: 500 [1000]
Required: No

suspended

Description: Specify whether the user should be suspended.
Type: Boolean
Example: False [False]
Required: No

op-mask

Description: The op-mask of the user to be modified.
Type: String
Example: read, write, delete, *
Required: No

Response Entities

If successful, the response contains the user information.

user

Description: A container for the user data information.
Type: Container

user_id

Description: The user id.
Type: String
Parent: user

display_name

Description: Display name for the user.
Type: String
Parent: user

suspended

Description: True if the user is suspended.
Type: Boolean
Parent: user

max_buckets

Description: The maximum number of buckets to be owned by the user.
Type: Integer
Parent: user

subusers

Description: Subusers associated with this user account.
Type: Container
Parent: user

keys

Description: S3 keys associated with this user account.
Type: Container
Parent: user

swift_keys

Description: Swift keys associated with this user account.
Type: Container
Parent: user

caps

Description: User capabilities.
Type: Container
Parent: user

Special Error Responses

InvalidAccessKey

Description: Invalid access key specified.
Code: 400 Bad Request

InvalidKeyType

Description: Invalid key type specified.
Code: 400 Bad Request

InvalidSecretKey

Description: Invalid secret key specified.
Code: 400 Bad Request

KeyExists

Description: Provided access key exists and belongs to another user.
Code: 409 Conflict

EmailExists

Description: Provided email address exists.
Code: 409 Conflict

InvalidCapability

Description: Attempt to grant invalid admin capability.
Code: 400 Bad Request

Remove User

Remove an existing user.

caps: users=write

Syntax

DELETE /{admin}/user?format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

uid

Description: The user ID to be removed.
Type: String
Example: foo_user
Required: Yes.

purge-data

Description: When specified the buckets and objects belonging to the user will also be removed.
Type: Boolean
Example: True
Required: No

Response Entities

None

Special Error Responses

None.

Create Subuser

Create a new subuser (primarily useful for clients using the Swift API). Note that in general for a subuser to be useful, it must be granted permissions by specifying access. As with user creation if subuser is specified without secret, then a secret key will be automatically generated.

caps: users=write

Syntax

PUT /{admin}/user?subuser&format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

uid

Description: The user ID under which a subuser is to be created.
Type: String
Example: foo_user
Required: Yes

subuser

Description: Specify the subuser ID to be created.
Type: String
Example: sub_foo
Required: Yes

secret-key

Description: Specify secret key.
Type: String
Example: 0AbCDEFg1h2i34JklM5nop6QrSTUV+WxyzaBC7D8
Required: No

key-type

Description: Key type to be generated, options are: swift (default), s3.
Type: String
Example: swift [swift]
Required: No

access

Description: Set access permissions for sub-user, should be one of read, write, readwrite, full.
Type: String
Example: read
Required: No

generate-secret

Description: Generate the secret key.
Type: Boolean
Example: True [False]
Required: No

Response Entities

If successful, the response contains the subuser information.

subusers

Description: Subusers associated with the user account.
Type: Container

id

Description: Subuser id.
Type: String
Parent: subusers

permissions

Description: Subuser access to user account.
Type: String
Parent: subusers

Special Error Responses

SubuserExists

Description: Specified subuser exists.
Code: 409 Conflict

InvalidKeyType

Description: Invalid key type specified.
Code: 400 Bad Request

InvalidSecretKey

Description: Invalid secret key specified.
Code: 400 Bad Request

InvalidAccess

Description: Invalid subuser access specified.
Code: 400 Bad Request

Modify Subuser

Modify an existing subuser

caps: users=write

Syntax

POST /{admin}/user?subuser&format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

uid

Description: The user ID under which the subuser is to be modified.
Type: String
Example: foo_user
Required: Yes

subuser

Description: The subuser ID to be modified.
Type: String
Example: sub_foo
Required: Yes

generate-secret

Description: Generate a new secret key for the subuser, replacing the existing key.
Type: Boolean
Example: True [False]
Required: No

secret

Description: Specify secret key.
Type: String
Example: 0AbCDEFg1h2i34JklM5nop6QrSTUV+WxyzaBC7D8
Required: No

key-type

Description: Key type to be generated, options are: swift (default), s3 .
Type: String
Example: swift [swift]
Required: No

access

Description: Set access permissions for sub-user, should be one of read, write, readwrite, full.
Type: String
Example: read
Required: No

Response Entities

If successful, the response contains the subuser information.

subusers

Description: Subusers associated with the user account.
Type: Container

id

Description: Subuser id.
Type: String
Parent: subusers

permissions

Description: Subuser access to user account.
Type: String
Parent: subusers

Special Error Responses

InvalidKeyType

Description: Invalid key type specified.
Code: 400 Bad Request

InvalidSecretKey

Description: Invalid secret key specified.
Code: 400 Bad Request

InvalidAccess

Description: Invalid subuser access specified.
Code: 400 Bad Request

Remove Subuser

Remove an existing subuser

caps: users=write

Syntax

DELETE /{admin}/user?subuser&format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

uid

Description: The user ID under which the subuser is to be removed.
Type: String
Example: foo_user
Required: Yes

subuser

Description: The subuser ID to be removed.
Type: String
Example: sub_foo
Required: Yes

purge-keys

Description: Remove keys belonging to the subuser.
Type: Boolean
Example: True [True]
Required: No

Response Entities

None.

Special Error Responses

None.

Create Key

Create a new key. If a subuser is specified then by default created keys will be swift type. If only one of access-key or secret-key is provided the committed key will be automatically generated, that is if only secret-key is specified then access-key will be automatically generated. By default, a generated key is added to the keyring without replacing an existing key pair. If access-key is specified and refers to an existing key owned by the user then it will be modified. The response is a container listing all keys of the same type as the key created. Note that when creating a swift key, specifying the option access-key will have no effect. Additionally, only one swift key may be held by each user or subuser.

caps: users=write

Syntax

PUT /{admin}/user?key&format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

uid

Description: The user ID to receive the new key.
Type: String
Example: foo_user
Required: Yes

subuser

Description: The subuser ID to receive the new key.
Type: String
Example: sub_foo
Required: No

key-type

Description: Key type to be generated, options are: swift, s3 (default).
Type: String
Example: s3 [s3]
Required: No

access-key

Description: Specify the access key.
Type: String
Example: AB01C2D3EF45G6H7IJ8K
Required: No

secret-key

Description: Specify the secret key.
Type: String
Example: 0ab/CdeFGhij1klmnopqRSTUv1WxyZabcDEFgHij
Required: No

generate-key

Description: Generate a new key pair and add to the existing keyring.
Type: Boolean
Example: True [True]
Required: No

Response Entities

keys

Description: Keys of type created associated with this user account.
Type: Container

user

Description: The user account associated with the key.
Type: String
Parent: keys

access-key

Description: The access key.
Type: String
Parent: keys

secret-key

Description: The secret key
Type: String
Parent: keys

Special Error Responses

InvalidAccessKey

Description: Invalid access key specified.
Code: 400 Bad Request

InvalidKeyType

Description: Invalid key type specified.
Code: 400 Bad Request

InvalidSecretKey

Description: Invalid secret key specified.
Code: 400 Bad Request

InvalidKeyType

Description: Invalid key type specified.
Code: 400 Bad Request

KeyExists

Description: Provided access key exists and belongs to another user.
Code: 409 Conflict

Remove Key

Remove an existing key.

caps: users=write

Syntax

DELETE /{admin}/user?key&format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

access-key

Description: The S3 access key belonging to the S3 key pair to remove.
Type: String
Example: AB01C2D3EF45G6H7IJ8K
Required: Yes

uid

Description: The user to remove the key from.
Type: String
Example: foo_user
Required: No

subuser

Description: The subuser to remove the key from.
Type: String
Example: sub_foo
Required: No

key-type

Description: Key type to be removed, options are: swift, s3. NOTE: Required to remove swift key.
Type: String
Example: swift
Required: No

Special Error Responses

None.

Response Entities

None.

Get Bucket Info

Get information about a subset of the existing buckets. If uid is specified without bucket then all buckets belonging to the user will be returned. If bucket alone is specified, information for that particular bucket will be retrieved.

caps: buckets=read

Syntax

GET /{admin}/bucket?format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

bucket

Description: The bucket to return info on.
Type: String
Example: foo_bucket
Required: No

uid

Description: The user to retrieve bucket information for.
Type: String
Example: foo_user
Required: No

stats

Description: Return bucket statistics.
Type: Boolean
Example: True [False]
Required: No

Response Entities

If successful the request returns a buckets container containing the desired bucket information.

stats

Description: Per bucket information.
Type: Container

buckets

Description: Contains a list of one or more bucket containers.
Type: Container

bucket

Description: Container for single bucket information.
Type: Container
Parent: buckets

name

Description: The name of the bucket.
Type: String
Parent: bucket

pool

Description: The pool the bucket is stored in.
Type: String
Parent: bucket

id

Description: The unique bucket id.
Type: String
Parent: bucket

marker

Description: Internal bucket tag.
Type: String
Parent: bucket

owner

Description: The user id of the bucket owner.
Type: String
Parent: bucket

usage

Description: Storage usage information.
Type: Container
Parent: bucket

index

Description: Status of bucket index.
Type: String
Parent: bucket

Special Error Responses

IndexRepairFailed

Description: Bucket index repair failed.
Code: 409 Conflict

Check Bucket Index

Check the index of an existing bucket. NOTE: to check multipart object accounting with check-objects, fix must be set to True.

caps: buckets=write

Syntax

GET /{admin}/bucket?index&format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

bucket

Description: The bucket to return info on.
Type: String
Example: foo_bucket
Required: Yes

check-objects

Description: Check multipart object accounting.
Type: Boolean
Example: True [False]
Required: No

fix

Description: Also fix the bucket index when checking.
Type: Boolean
Example: False [False]
Required: No

Response Entities

index

Description: Status of bucket index.
Type: String

Special Error Responses

IndexRepairFailed

Description: Bucket index repair failed.
Code: 409 Conflict

Remove Bucket

Delete an existing bucket.

caps: buckets=write

Syntax

DELETE /{admin}/bucket?format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

bucket

Description: The bucket to remove.
Type: String
Example: foo_bucket
Required: Yes

purge-objects

Description: Remove a buckets objects before deletion.
Type: Boolean
Example: True [False]
Required: No

Response Entities

None.

Special Error Responses

BucketNotEmpty

Description: Attempted to delete non-empty bucket.
Code: 409 Conflict

ObjectRemovalFailed

Description: Unable to remove objects.
Code: 409 Conflict

Unlink Bucket

Unlink a bucket from a specified user. Primarily useful for changing bucket ownership.

caps: buckets=write

Syntax

POST /{admin}/bucket?format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

bucket

Description: The bucket to unlink.
Type: String
Example: foo_bucket
Required: Yes

uid

Description: The user ID to unlink the bucket from.
Type: String
Example: foo_user
Required: Yes

Response Entities

None.

Special Error Responses

BucketUnlinkFailed

Description: Unable to unlink bucket from specified user.
Code: 409 Conflict

Link Bucket

Link a bucket to a specified user, unlinking the bucket from any previous user.

caps: buckets=write

Syntax

PUT /{admin}/bucket?format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

bucket

Description: The bucket name to unlink.
Type: String
Example: foo_bucket
Required: Yes

bucket-id

Description: The bucket id to unlink.
Type: String
Example: dev.6607669.420
Required: No

uid

Description: The user ID to link the bucket to.
Type: String
Example: foo_user
Required: Yes

Response Entities

bucket

Description: Container for single bucket information.
Type: Container

name

Description: The name of the bucket.
Type: String
Parent: bucket

pool

Description: The pool the bucket is stored in.
Type: String
Parent: bucket

id

Description: The unique bucket id.
Type: String
Parent: bucket

marker

Description: Internal bucket tag.
Type: String
Parent: bucket

owner

Description: The user id of the bucket owner.
Type: String
Parent: bucket

usage

Description: Storage usage information.
Type: Container
Parent: bucket

index

Description: Status of bucket index.
Type: String
Parent: bucket

Special Error Responses

BucketUnlinkFailed

Description: Unable to unlink bucket from specified user.
Code: 409 Conflict

BucketLinkFailed

Description: Unable to link bucket to specified user.
Code: 409 Conflict

Remove Object

Remove an existing object. NOTE: Does not require owner to be non-suspended.

caps: buckets=write

Syntax

DELETE /{admin}/bucket?object&format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

bucket

Description: The bucket containing the object to be removed.
Type: String
Example: foo_bucket
Required: Yes

object

Description: The object to remove.
Type: String
Example: foo.txt
Required: Yes

Response Entities

None.

Special Error Responses

NoSuchObject

Description: Specified object does not exist.
Code: 404 Not Found

ObjectRemovalFailed

Description: Unable to remove objects.
Code: 409 Conflict

Get Bucket or Object Policy

Read the policy of an object or bucket.

caps: buckets=read

Syntax

GET /{admin}/bucket?policy&format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

bucket

Description: The bucket to read the policy from.
Type: String
Example: foo_bucket
Required: Yes

object

Description: The object to read the policy from.
Type: String
Example: foo.txt
Required: No

Response Entities

If successful, returns the object or bucket policy

policy

Description: Access control policy.
Type: Container

Special Error Responses

IncompleteBody

Description: Either bucket was not specified for a bucket policy request or bucket and object were not specified for an object policy request.
Code: 400 Bad Request

Add A User Capability

Add an administrative capability to a specified user.

caps: users=write

Syntax

PUT /{admin}/user?caps&format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

uid

Description: The user ID to add an administrative capability to.
Type: String
Example: foo_user
Required: Yes

user-caps

Description: The administrative capability to add to the user.
Type: String
Example: usage=read,write;user=write
Required: Yes

Response Entities

If successful, the response contains the user’s capabilities.

user

Description: A container for the user data information.
Type: Container
Parent: user

user_id

Description: The user id.
Type: String
Parent: user

caps

Description: User capabilities.
Type: Container
Parent: user

Special Error Responses

InvalidCapability

Description: Attempt to grant invalid admin capability.
Code: 400 Bad Request

Example Request

PUT /{admin}/user?caps&user-caps=usage=read,write;user=write&format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}
Content-Type: text/plain
Authorization: {your-authorization-token}

Remove A User Capability

Remove an administrative capability from a specified user.

caps: users=write

Syntax

DELETE /{admin}/user?caps&format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {fqdn}

Request Parameters

uid

Description: The user ID to remove an administrative capability from.
Type: String
Example: foo_user
Required: Yes

user-caps

Description: The administrative capabilities to remove from the user.
Type: String
Example: usage=read, write
Required: Yes

Response Entities

If successful, the response contains the user’s capabilities.

user

Description: A container for the user data information.
Type: Container
Parent: user

user_id

Description: The user id.
Type: String
Parent: user

caps

Description: User capabilities.
Type: Container
Parent: user

Special Error Responses

InvalidCapability

Description: Attempt to remove an invalid admin capability.
Code: 400 Bad Request

NoSuchCap

Description: User does not possess specified capability.
Code: 404 Not Found

Quotas

The Admin Operations API enables you to set quotas on users and on bucket owned by users. See Quota Management for additional details. Quotas include the maximum number of objects in a bucket and the maximum storage size in megabytes.

To view quotas, the user must have a users=read capability. To set, modify or disable a quota, the user must have users=write capability. See the Admin Guide for details.

Valid parameters for quotas include:

Bucket: The bucket option allows you to specify a quota for buckets owned by a user.
Maximum Objects: The max-objects setting allows you to specify the maximum number of objects. A negative value disables this setting.
Maximum Size: The max-size option allows you to specify a quota for the maximum number of bytes. The max-size-kb option allows you to specify it in KiB. A negative value disables this setting.
Quota Type: The quota-type option sets the scope for the quota. The options are bucket and user.
Enable/Disable Quota: The enabled option specifies whether the quota should be enabled. The value should be either ‘True’ or ‘False’.

Get User Quota

To get a quota, the user must have users capability set with read permission.

GET /admin/user?quota&uid=<uid>&quota-type=user

Set User Quota

To set a quota, the user must have users capability set with write permission.

PUT /admin/user?quota&uid=<uid>&quota-type=user

The content must include a JSON representation of the quota settings as encoded in the corresponding read operation.

Get Bucket Quota

To get a quota, the user must have users capability set with read permission.

GET /admin/user?quota&uid=<uid>&quota-type=bucket

Set Bucket Quota

To set a quota, the user must have users capability set with write permission.

PUT /admin/user?quota&uid=<uid>&quota-type=bucket

The content must include a JSON representation of the quota settings as encoded in the corresponding read operation.

Set Quota for an Individual Bucket

To set a quota, the user must have buckets capability set with write permission.

PUT /admin/bucket?quota&uid=<uid>&bucket=<bucket-name>

The content must include a JSON representation of the quota settings as mentioned in Set Bucket Quota section above.

Rate Limit

The Admin Operations API enables you to set and get ratelimit configurations on users and on bucket and global rate limit configurations. See Rate Limit Management for additional details. Rate Limit includes the maximum number of operations and/or bytes per minute, separated by read and/or write, to a bucket and/or by a user and the maximum storage size in megabytes.

To view rate limit, the user must have a ratelimit=read capability. To set, modify or disable a ratelimit, the user must have ratelimit=write capability. See the Admin Guide for details.

Valid parameters for quotas include:

Bucket: The bucket option allows you to specify a rate limit for a bucket.
User: The uid option allows you to specify a rate limit for a user.
Maximum Read Bytes: The max-read-bytes setting allows you to specify the maximum number of read bytes per minute. A 0 value disables this setting.
Maximum Write Bytes: The max-write-bytes setting allows you to specify the maximum number of write bytes per minute. A 0 value disables this setting.
Maximum Read Ops: The max-read-ops setting allows you to specify the maximum number of read ops per minute. A 0 value disables this setting.
Maximum Write Ops: The max-write-ops setting allows you to specify the maximum number of write ops per minute. A 0 value disables this setting.
Global: The global option allows you to specify a global rate limit. The value should be either ‘True’ or ‘False’.
Rate Limit Scope: The ratelimit-scope option sets the scope for the rate limit. The options are bucket , user and anonymous. anonymous is only valid for setting global configuration
Enable/Disable Rate Limit: The enabled option specifies whether the rate limit should be enabled. The value should be either ‘True’ or ‘False’.