Determining the access key ID and the secret access key

You must find out the access key ID and the secret access key for your storage provider before you can configure Cognos Analytics to connect to the storage service.

Choose the procedure for your storage object provider:

Procedure for IBM Cloud Object Storage

  1. If you haven't yet done so, create your service credentials.
    1. Log in to the IBM Cloud console and navigate to your instance of Object Storage.
    2. In the side navigation, click Service Credentials.
    3. Click New credential and provide the necessary information. If you want to generate HMAC credentials, click on Advanced Options to reveal the Include HMAC Credential option. Verify the option is selected before continuing.
    4. Click Add to generate service credential.

  2. Make a note of the values of the COS properties listed in the following table. You will need these values later when you configure Cognos Analytics to connect to this IBM Cloud Object Storage connection.

    Table 1. IBM COS access key and secret access key
    Property in IBM COS service credentials Related property when you configure Cognos Analytics
    apikey Access Key ID
    resource_instance_id Secret access key

Procedure for Amazon Simple Storage Service

  1. Create a new access key and secret access key (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/managing-aws-access-keys.html#create-aws-access-key) as part of your service credentials.
    Tip: If you previously created an access key but did not record the secret access key, you must create a new one and record the new secret access key.

  2. Make a note of the values of the AWS properties listed in the following table. You will need these values later when you configure Cognos Analytics to connect to this IBM Cloud Object Storage connection.

    Table 2. AWS access key and secret access key
    Property in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Management Console Related property when you configure Cognos Analytics
    AWSAccessKeyId Access Key ID
    AWSSecretKey Secret access key

Procedure for MinIO

In this example, we install MinIO on Windows and note the values that are required to configure Cognos Analytics:

  1. Install MinIO server on a Windows computer.
  2. Create a folder C:\my_data_folder.
  3. In a command line window, cd to the directory where you installed MinIO server.
  4. Type minio.exe server C:\my_data_folder.

    A list of parameters for your MinIO instance appears in the command window.

  5. To configure Cognos Analytics later, make a note of these parameters:
    • Access key
    • Secret access key
    • Endpoint