Preparing to configure cloud-container storage pools for IBM SoftLayer

Before you configure cloud-container storage pools to use IBM® SoftLayer®, you must obtain configuration information from the SoftLayer Object Storage page.

1. Create a SoftLayer account by following the instructions in the SoftLayer documentation.
2. Obtain your SoftLayer credentials:
   1. Go to the SoftLayer Object Storage page and log in with your account credentials.
   2. Select the account and cluster that you want to configure.
   3. In the Account section, click View Credentials
   4. In the Account Credentials section, locate the Public Authentication Endpoint, Username, and API Key fields. Record the values in those fields so that you can use them when you configure storage pools.
3. If you plan to configure storage pools by using the Add Storage Pool wizard in the Operations Center, use the following values for the parameters:
   • Cloud type: IBM SoftLayer
   • User name: username
   • Password: API_key
   • Endpoint: public_authentication_endpoint
4. If you plan to configure storage pools by using the DEFINE STGPOOL command, use the following values for the command parameters:
   • CLOUDTYPE: SOFTLAYER
   • IDENTITY: username
   • PASSWORD: API_key
   • CLOUDURL: public_authentication_endpoint