Enabling log based bucket replication for new namespace buckets using OpenShift Web Console in AWS environment

You can optimize replication by using the event logs of the Amazon Web Service(AWS) cloud environment. You enable log based bucket replication for new namespace buckets using the web console during the creation of namespace buckets.

Before you begin

  • Ensure that object logging is enabled in AWS. For more information, see the “Using the S3 console” section in Enabling Amazon S3 server access logging.
  • Administrator access to OpenShift Web Console.

About this task

Procedure

  1. In the OpenShift Web Console, navigate to Storage → Object Storage → Object Bucket Claims.
  2. Click Create ObjectBucketClaim.
  3. Enter the name of ObjectBucketName and select StorageClass and BucketClass.
  4. Select the Enable replication check box to enable replication.
  5. In the Replication policy section, select the Optimize replication using event logs check box.
  6. Enter the name of the bucket that will contain the logs under Event log Bucket.

    If the logs are not stored in the root of the bucket, provide the full path without s3://

  7. Enter a prefix to replicate only the objects whose name begins with the given prefix.