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+# Copyright 2024 Redpanda Data, Inc.
+#
+# Use of this software is governed by the Business Source License
+# included in the file licenses/BSL.md
+#
+# As of the Change Date specified in that file, in accordance with
+# the Business Source License, use of this software will be governed
+# by the Apache License, Version 2.0
+import re
+
+from ducktape.mark import parametrize, matrix
+
+from rptest.services.admin import Admin
+from rptest.services.cluster import cluster
+from rptest.services.redpanda import CloudStorageType, SISettings
+from rptest.tests.redpanda_test import RedpandaTest
+from rptest.services.utils import LogSearchLocal
+
+
+class ClusterSelfConfigTest(RedpandaTest):
+    def __init__(self, ctx):
+        si_settings = SISettings(
+            ctx,
+            #Force self configuration through setting cloud_storage_url_style to None.
+            cloud_storage_url_style=None,
+            cloud_storage_enable_remote_read=ctx.
+            injected_args["cloud_storage_enable_remote_read"],
+            cloud_storage_enable_remote_write=ctx.
+            injected_args["cloud_storage_enable_remote_write"])
+
+        super().__init__(ctx, si_settings=si_settings)
+
+        self.log_searcher = LogSearchLocal(ctx, [], self.redpanda.logger,
+                                           self.redpanda.STDOUT_STDERR_CAPTURE)
+        self.admin = Admin(self.redpanda)
+
+    @cluster(num_nodes=1)
+    @matrix(cloud_storage_enable_remote_read=[True, False],
+            cloud_storage_enable_remote_write=[True, False])
+    def test_s3_self_config(self, cloud_storage_enable_remote_read,
+                            cloud_storage_enable_remote_write):
+        """
+        Verify that cloud_storage_url_style self configuration occurs for the s3_client
+        when it is not specified. There aren't any endpoints for testing this, so
+        it will be manually checked for from the logs.
+        """
+
+        config = self.admin.get_cluster_config()
+
+        # Even after self-configuring, the cloud_storage_url_style setting will
+        # still be left unset at the cluster config level.
+        assert config['cloud_storage_url_style'] is None
+
+        def self_config_start_in_logs(node):
+            client_self_configuration_start_string = 'Client requires self configuration step'
+            for log in self.log_searcher._capture_log(
+                    node, client_self_configuration_start_string):
+                m = re.search(client_self_configuration_start_string,
+                              log.strip())
+                if m:
+                    return True
+            return False
+
+        def self_config_default_in_logs(node):
+            client_self_configuration_default_string = r'Can\'t self-configure S3 Client'
+            for log in self.log_searcher._capture_log(
+                    node, client_self_configuration_default_string):
+                m = re.search(client_self_configuration_default_string,
+                              log.strip())
+                if m:
+                    return True
+            return False
+
+        def self_config_result_from_logs(node):
+            client_self_configuration_complete_string = 'Client self configuration completed with result'
+            for log in self.log_searcher._capture_log(
+                    node, client_self_configuration_complete_string):
+                m = re.search(
+                    client_self_configuration_complete_string + r' (\{.*\})',
+                    log.strip())
+                if m:
+                    return m.group(1)
+            return None
+
+        for node in self.redpanda.nodes:
+            #Assert that self configuration started.
+            assert self_config_start_in_logs(node)
+
+            #If neither remote_read or remote_write are enabled, check for the "defaulting" output
+            if not cloud_storage_enable_remote_read and not cloud_storage_enable_remote_write:
+                assert self_config_default_in_logs(node)
+
+            #Assert that self configuration returned a result.
+            self_config_result = self_config_result_from_logs(node)
+
+            #Currently, virtual_host will succeed in all cases with MinIO.
+            self_config_expected_results = [
+                '{s3_self_configuration_result: {s3_url_style: virtual_host}}',
+                '{s3_self_configuration_result: {s3_url_style: path}}'
+            ]
+
+            assert self_config_result and self_config_result in self_config_expected_results