# Object storage

A step of the [Cloud application](https://gradus.kazet.blog/tree/cloud-application) tree on Gradus, in the Data & storage area: DB, cache, queues.

Page: https://gradus.kazet.blog/tree/cloud-application/step/object-storage

Add object storage for files, uploads and backups, so large blobs stop living in the database or the filesystem.

Usually comes after: [Data access layer & seed data](https://gradus.kazet.blog/tree/cloud-application/step/data-access-layer).

## Prompt for your AI assistant

```
Add object storage integration (S3-compatible) for file uploads, including signed upload/download URLs, and move any existing file handling onto it.
```

Every step of the tree: https://gradus.kazet.blog/tree/cloud-application/llms.txt