You can set up cloud-container storage pools to use IBM Cloud Object
Storage off premises with the Simple Storage Service
(S3) protocol.
About this task
The off-premises implementation of IBM Cloud Object
Storage is managed through IBM
Cloud. In this setup, only the owner of the
IBM Cloud account can create buckets and
administrators.
Use the credentials from your IBM Cloud account when you configure the storage pools in
the Operations Center or with the DEFINE
STGPOOL command. For more information, see the IBM Cloud
Storage page. To use this configuration, select Cloud Object Storage - S3 API
from the IBM Cloud Order Object Storage page.
Procedure
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Log into the IBM
Cloud Customer Portal.
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Click the Storage menu and select Object
Storage.
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From the Object Storage page, select an S3 account.
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From the Cloud Object Storage page, click Manage Buckets and then click
the + symbol to create the bucket you want to use with the new
cloud-container storage pool.
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Click Show Credentials to create administrator credentials for your new
bucket.
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Click Add Credential.
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Locate the Access Key ID, the Secret Access Key,
and the Public Authentication Endpoint. Record the values in those fields so
that you can use them when you configure storage pools. If you are inside the IBM Cloud network, you can use a private authentication
endpoint.
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To configure storage pools by using the Add Storage Pool wizard in the Operations Center, select Off-premises cloud.
Use the following values for the parameters:
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If you configure storage pools by using the DEFINE STGPOOL command, use the
following values for the command parameters:
What to do next
Configure cloud-container storage pools for IBM Cloud object storage by following the instructions in
Configuring a cloud-container storage pool for data storage.