ECS 3.6.2 Data Access Guide

Create Swift users in the ECS Portal

ECS object users can be given credentials to access the ECS object store using the OpenStack Swift protocol.

This operation requires the System Administrator or Namespace Administrator role in ECS.
A System Administrator can assign new object users into any namespace.
A Namespace Administrator can assign new object users into the namespace in which they are the administrator.
The Swift user must belong to an OpenStack group. A group is a collection of Swift users that have been assigned a role by an OpenStack administrator. Swift users that belong to the admin group can perform all operations on Swift buckets (containers) in the namespace to which they belong. You should not add ordinary Swift users to the admin group. For Swift users that belong to any group other than the admin group, authorization depends on the permissions that are set on the Swift bucket. You can assign permissions on the bucket from the OpenStack Dashboard UI or in the ECS Portal using the Custom Group ACL for the bucket. For more information on custom group ACLs and adding object users to ECS, see the ECS Administration Guide which is available from the https://www.dell.com/support/ .

In the ECS Portal, select Manage > Users.
On the User Management page, you can create a new object user who will access the ECS object store through the Swift object protocol in one of two ways:
1. Click New Object User to create a new object user.
  - On the New Object User page, in the Name field, type a name for the object user.
  - In the Namespace field, select the namespace to which the user belongs.
  - Click Next to Add Passwords.
2. Click Edit in the Actions column beside an existing user and add a Swift password to the existing user.
On the Update Passwords for User <username> page, in the Swift Groups field, enter the Swift group to which the user belongs.
If you specify the admin group, users will automatically be able to perform all container operations. If you specify a different group, that group must be given permissions on the container. Refer to Authorization on Container for more information on container authorization.
In the Swift password field, type a password for the Swift user.
Click Set Groups & Password.