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From: DullJZ <79080562+DullJZ@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 21:02:57 +0800
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 # S3 Balance
 
+中文 | [English](./README_EN.md)
+
 S3 Balance 是一个用 Go 编写的 S3 兼容负载均衡器，可在多套对象存储之间自动选择最佳目标桶，向上提供完整 S3 API。项目支持多种后端（AWS S3、MinIO、OSS 等）、可插拔负载策略、健康检查与统计采集、代理/重定向两种传输模式，以及简易认证和虚拟主机访问。
 
 ## 关键特性
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+# S3 Balance
+
+S3 Balance is an S3-compatible load balancer written in Go. It automatically selects the best target bucket among multiple object storage backends and provides a complete S3 API. The project supports various backends (AWS S3, MinIO, OSS, etc.), pluggable balancing strategies, health checks and metrics collection, proxy/redirect transfer modes, simple authentication, and virtual host access.
+
+## Key Features
+
+- **Standard S3 API**: Bucket and object operations, multipart uploads, and pre-signed URLs are fully compatible with native S3.
+- **Multi-bucket Scheduling**: Supports strategies like round-robin, least-space, weighted, and consistent hashing, with hot-swapping capabilities.
+- **Health Monitoring**: Periodic health checks and capacity statistics, with Prometheus metrics exposed at `/metrics`.
+- **Virtual Bucket Mapping**: Only virtual bucket names are exposed externally, while real buckets are transparently scheduled in the backend.
+- **Proxy or Redirect Mode**: Choose between service-forwarded data or pre-signed URLs for direct client connections.
+- **SigV4 Authentication**: When `s3api.auth_required` is enabled, AWS Signature Version 4 requests are validated using `github.com/DullJZ/s3-validate`.
+
+## Quick Start
+
+### Docker Compose
+
+#### S3 Balance Service Only
+
+```yaml
+services:
+  s3-balance:
+    image: dulljz/s3-balance:latest
+    container_name: s3-balance
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080"
+    volumes:
+      - ./config.yaml:/app/config/config.yaml
+      - ./data:/app/data
+    environment:
+      - TZ=Asia/Shanghai
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    command: ["/app/s3-balance", "-config", "/app/config/config.yaml"]
+```
+
+#### With Prometheus & Grafana Monitoring
+
+```bash
+# Clone the repository
+git clone https://github.com/DullJZ/s3-balance.git --depth=1
+cd s3-balance/deploy/docker
+
+# Modify the configuration
+vim config.yaml
+
+# Start the service
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+### Docker
+```bash
+# Pull the image
+docker pull dulljz/s3-balance:latest
+# Prepare configuration and data directories
+mkdir -p ~/s3-balance/config ~/s3-balance/data
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DullJZ/s3-balance/refs/heads/main/config/config.example.yaml -O ~/s3-balance/config/config.yaml
+vim ~/s3-balance/config/config.yaml   # Configure backend buckets, database, and S3 API options
+# Run the service
+docker run -d --name s3-balance -p 8080:8080 -v ~/s3-balance/config:/app/config -v ~/s3-balance/data:/app/data dulljz/s3-balance:latest
+```
+
+### Local Build and Run
+
+```bash
+# Clone the repository
+git clone https://github.com/DullJZ/s3-balance.git --depth=1
+cd s3-balance
+
+# Install dependencies
+go mod tidy
+
+# Prepare configuration
+cp config/config.example.yaml config/config.yaml
+vim config/config.yaml   # Configure backend buckets, database, and S3 API options
+
+# Run the service
+go run cmd/s3-balance/main.go -config config/config.yaml
+# Or build the binary:
+go build -o s3-balance cmd/s3-balance/main.go
+./s3-balance -config config/config.yaml
+```
+
+## Configuration Highlights
+
+- `server`: Listening address and timeout settings.
+- `database`: GORM supports sqlite/mysql/postgres and stores object metadata, multipart sessions, etc.
+- `buckets`: Lists real and virtual buckets. Entries with `virtual: true` are exposed externally, while real buckets are marked as `virtual: false`. Supports `path_style` and `max_size` settings.
+- `balancer`: Strategy (`round-robin`|`least-space`|`weighted`), health check intervals, retry counts, and delays.
+- `metrics`: Whether to enable Prometheus metrics and their path.
+- `s3api`: Access/Secret Key, `proxy_mode` (true=proxy, false=redirect), `auth_required` (SigV4 validation), `virtual_host` (host-style routing).
+
+## API & Testing
+
+- Default listening at `http://localhost:8080`, supports `GET /health` for health checks and `GET /metrics` for metrics.
+- Compatibility can be verified using AWS CLI, s3cmd, MinIO Client, or `python3 test_virtual_bucket_s3.py`. Modify the endpoint and credentials in the script before running.
+
+## Project Structure
+
+```
+cmd/s3-balance/      # Service entrypoint
+internal/api/        # S3 routing, object/multipart handling
+internal/bucket/     # Bucket client & health monitoring
+internal/balancer/   # Strategy implementations & metrics
+internal/middleware/ # Middleware for SigV4, virtual hosts, etc.
+internal/storage/    # GORM models and services
+pkg/presigner/       # Pre-signed URL utilities
+config/              # Example configurations and deployment manifests
+deploy/              # Docker/Kubernetes/Helm manifests
+```
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