Creating an IBM storage connection
Create a connection to an IBM Cloud Object Storage (COS) service so that Cognos Analytics users can save their reports on the cloud.
For an overview of the IBM COS service, see About IBM Cloud Object Storage (https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cloud-object-storage?topic=cloud-object-storage-about-cloud-object-storage).
Step 1: Create an IBM Cloud Platform account
Create an IBM Cloud Platform account (https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/services/cloud-object-storage/basics?topic=cloud-object-storage-provision#provision-account).
Step 2: Create a COS service instance
Create a service instance (https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/services/cloud-object-storage/basics?topic=cloud-object-storage-provision#provision-instance).
- Initially, a COS service instance has no service credentials. Before you can configure Cognos Analytics to connect to your Cloud Object Storage service, you must assign it a service credential.
Step 3: Create your service credentials
Create your COS service credentials (https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/services/cloud-object-storage?topic=cloud-object-storage-service-credentials).
- 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.
| Property in IBM COS service credentials | Related property when you configure Cognos Analytics |
|---|---|
apikey |
Access Key ID |
resource_instance_id |
Secret access key |
Step 4: Create a bucket
Create some buckets to store your data (https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cloud-object-storage?topic=cloud-object-storage-getting-started-cloud-object-storage) .
- Choose a predefined, standard bucket
- When you create a bucket you select a Resiliency value, for example:
Regional, and then a Location value, for example:eu-gb.Important:
Make a note of the Location value. You must select this same value later when you configure Cognos Analytics to add a location to your connection.