Creating Ceph Object Gateway users

You can create Ceph Object Gateway users on the IBM Storage Ceph once the credentials are set-up using the CLI.

Before you begin

Before you begin, make sure that you have the following prerequisites in place:
  • A running IBM Storage Ceph cluster.
  • Dashboard is installed.
  • Ceph Object Gateway is installed.
  • Ceph Object Gateway login credentials are added to the dashboard.

About this task

For more information, see the following:

Procedure

  1. From the dashboard navigation, go to Object > Users.
  2. On the Users tab, click Create.
  3. Set the parameters in the Create User form.
    1. Enter the User ID and Full name
    2. Optional: If required, edit the maximum number of buckets.
    3. Fill in an Email address.
    4. Select if the user is Suspended or a System user.
    5. Optional: In the S3 key section, set a custom access key and secret key by clearing the Auto-generate key selection.
    6. Optional: In the User quota section, select the user quota.
      The options for the user quota can is Enabled, Unlimited size, or has Unlimited objects. If there is a limited size enter the maximum size. If there are limited objects, enter the maximum objects.
    7. Optional: In the Bucket quota section, select the bucket quota.
      The options for the bucket quota can is Enabled, Unlimited size, or has Unlimited objects. If there is a limited size enter the maximum size. If there are limited objects, enter the maximum objects.
  4. Click Create User.
    A notification displays that the user was created successfully.
    Figure 1. Create user
    Create User