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title = "K2V"
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weight = 100
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Starting with version 0.7.2, Garage introduces an optional feature, K2V,
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which is an alternative storage API designed to help efficiently store
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many small values in buckets (in opposition to S3 which is more designed
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to store large blobs).
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K2V is currently disabled at compile time in all builds, as the
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specification is still subject to changes. To build a Garage version with
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K2V, the Cargo feature flag `k2v` must be activated. Special builds with
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the `k2v` feature flag enabled can be obtained from our download page under
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"Extra builds": such builds can be identified easily as their tag name ends
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with `-k2v` (example: `v0.7.2-k2v`).
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The specification of the K2V API can be found
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[here](https://git.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/garage/src/branch/main/doc/drafts/k2v-spec.md).
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This document also includes a high-level overview of K2V's design.
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The K2V API uses AWSv4 signatures for authentification, same as the S3 API.
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The AWS region used for signature calculation is always the same as the one
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defined for the S3 API in the config file.
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## Enabling and using K2V
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To enable K2V, download and run a build that has the `k2v` feature flag
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enabled, or produce one yourself. Then, add the following section to your
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configuration file:
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```toml
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[k2v_api]
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api_bind_addr = "<ip>:<port>"
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```
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Please select a port number that is not already in use by another API
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endpoint (S3 api, admin API) or by the RPC server.
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We provide an early-stage K2V client library for Rust which can be imported by adding the following to your `Cargo.toml` file:
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```toml
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k2v-client = { git = "https://git.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/garage.git" }
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```
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There is also a simple CLI utility which can be built from source in the
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following way:
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```sh
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git clone https://git.deuxfleurs.fr/Deuxfleurs/garage.git
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cd garage/src/k2v-client
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cargo build --features cli --bin k2v-cli
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```
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The CLI utility is self-documented, run `k2v-cli --help` to learn how to use
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it. There is also a short README.md in the `src/k2v-client` folder with some
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instructions.
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