Creating an IBM Cloud Object Storage data source connection

You can create an IBM Cloud® Object Storage (COS) data source connection and from the storage system.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the IBM Spectrum® Discover web interface with a user ID that has the Data Admin role that is associated with it.

    The data admin access role is required for creating connections. For more information, see Role-based access control.

  2. Click menu and click Data connections.

    Clicking Connections displays the different types of data source connection names, connection type, clusters, data source, site, state, scan status, next scan , and Add Connection.

    Figure 1. Displaying the source names for data source connections
    Displaying the source names for data source connections
  3. Click Add connection to display a new window that shows Add data source connection.
    Figure 2. Example of window that shows Data Connections Add data source Connection
    Example of window that shows Data Source Connections Add data source Connection
  4. Do the following steps:
    1. In the field for Connection name, define a Connection name.
    2. Choose the type of data source connection from the Connection type list.
  5. Select the connection type Cloud Object Storage.
    Figure 3
    Figure 3. Example of the screen for an IBM® COS connection
    Screen Displaying IBM COS connection
    Screen Displaying IBM COS connection
  6. In the screen for Cloud Object Storage, complete fields, and click Submit Connection.
    For Cloud Storage Object Connections Manager
    Manager API user
    A user ID that has permissions to connect to the data source system.
    Manager API Password
    The password for the user ID specified above.
    UUID
    The unique ID of the DSNet cluster. To obtain the UUID, log in to the COS Manager GUI and click Help > About this system on the upper-right corner of the window.
    Host
    The IP or hostname of the manager node within the DSNet.
    Vault
    The specific data vault represented by this connection.
    Site
    An optional physical location tag that an administrator can provide to see the physical distribution of their data.
    Accesser
    The IP address or hostname of the Accesser® node on DSNet.
    Accesser access key
    The Accesser access key that has permission to access data in the data vault that is to be scanned. If the accessor access key value is blank, the value is retrieved (for the manager API user) from the manager API.
    Accesser secret key
    The Accesser secret key that has permission to access data in the vault that is to be scanned. If the secret access key value is blank, the value is retrieved (for the manager API user) from the manager API.