Selecting S3-compatible object storage for IBM® Maximo Assist

Maximo® Assist supports S3-compatible object storage. You can specify your S3-compatible object storage solution to ensure that it is set up for Maximo Assist deployment.

About this task

After you select a S3-compatible object storage solution, it is automatically set up for the Maximo Assist deployment.

Note: If you choose to use Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Storage, ensure that its independent entitlement is separate from Maximo Application Suite.For more information, see Red Hat OpenShift Container Storage 4.5 installation with Object Storage Gateway.

Procedure

Select an object storage solution.
You can use any of the following object storages:
- IBM Cloud® Object Storage
- AWS object storage
- Ceph® Object Storage on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 with the Rook-Ceph Operator or Red Hat OpenShift container storage operator.

After you install the object storage, get the access key and secret access key.

Storage options Procedure

AWS object storage

Storage options	Procedure
AWS object storage	Create an AWS S3 account before deployment: Log in to the AWS console, for example at https://us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/. Click Service > IAM > User. On the User page, click the Security credentials tab. Click Create access key to generate an S3 access key ID and secret access key.
Ceph Object Storage	Get the access key and secret access key of the S3 user account that you previously created. Locate the Ceph Object Storage endpoint. In Red Hat OpenShift, set the `tls.termination` to `edge` to create a Red Hat OpenShift route for the `rook-ceph-rgw` service.
IBM Cloud Object Storage	In IBM Cloud , locate the endpoint URL for your Cloud Object Storage instance. Note: If you are Cloud Object Storage in IBM Cloud , locate the Cloud Object Storage instance. From the side navigation menu, click Resource list and select the object storage instance created. Then, click Endpoints, and choose the endpoint for the region that you want to use, for example, s3.us.Cloud-object-storage.appdomain.cloud. Locate the username. Locate the password. Locate the certificates. Enter the chain of SSL certificates for your Cloud Object Storage instance. To retrieve the certificates, in the Certificates section, click Retrieve during the configuration of object storage for Maximo Application Suite.

Create an AWS S3 account before deployment:

Log in to the AWS console, for example at https://us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/.
Click Service > IAM > User.
On the User page, click the Security credentials tab.
Click Create access key to generate an S3 access key ID and secret access key.

Ceph Object Storage

Get the access key and secret access key of the S3 user account that you previously created.
Locate the Ceph Object Storage endpoint. In Red Hat OpenShift, set the tls.termination to edge to create a Red Hat OpenShift route for the rook-ceph-rgw service.

IBM Cloud Object Storage

In IBM Cloud , locate the endpoint URL for your Cloud Object Storage instance.
Note: If you are Cloud Object Storage in IBM Cloud , locate the Cloud Object Storage instance. From the side navigation menu, click Resource list and select the object storage instance created. Then, click Endpoints, and choose the endpoint for the region that you want to use, for example, s3.us.Cloud-object-storage.appdomain.cloud.
Locate the username.
Locate the password.
Locate the certificates. Enter the chain of SSL certificates for your Cloud Object Storage instance. To retrieve the certificates, in the Certificates section, click Retrieve during the configuration of object storage for Maximo Application Suite.

What to do next

After you select your S3-compatible object storage solution, deploy Maximo Assist. For more information about deploying Maximo Assist, see Deploying IBM Maximo Assist.