PowerScale OneFS 9.2.1.0 CloudPools Administration Guide

Create a cloud storage account (Web UI)

You define cloud storage accounts in OneFS as an essential part of CloudPools configuration. The account username, password, and URI that you used to establish an account with your cloud provider is required. You can also specify a proxy server to redirect CloudPools archive and retrieval traffic to and from a public cloud provider.

1. Click File System > Storage Pools > CloudPools.
2. Click + Create a Cloud Storage Account.
3. In the Create a Cloud Storage Account dialog box, Connection Settings:
   1. Enter In the Name or Alias field, enter a name for the account.
   2. In the Type drop-down menu, select a type of cloud account. Choices are Dell EMC PowerScale, Dell EMC ECS Appliance, Microsoft Azure, Amazon S3, Amazon C2S S3, Google Cloud Platform, and Alibaba Cloud.
4. In the Create a Cloud Storage Account dialog box, complete the Cloud account information:

   Table 1. Cloud account information

   Field	Action	Required for
   URI	Enter the fully qualified URI for the account. The URI must use the HTTPS protocol, and match the URI used to set up the account with your cloud provider.	All account types
   Username	Enter the cloud provider account username. This username should have been set up with the cloud provider.	Dell EMC PowerScale Dell EMC ECS Appliance Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Platform Alibaba Cloud
   Key	Enter the password or secret key that is associated with the cloud provider account username.	Dell EMC PowerScale Dell EMC ECS Appliance Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Platform Alibaba Cloud
   Proxy	If you have defined one or more network proxies, and want to use one for this cloud account, select the name from the proxy.	All account types
   Skip SSL certificate validation (not recommended).	Disable or prevent certificate validation.	All account types
   Account ID	The account ID provided when the Amazon S3 account was created.	Amazon S3
   Telemetry reporting bucket	The bucket on Amazon S3 that stores billing reports. Ensure that the bucket is configured to allow OneFS CloudPools to access it.	Amazon S3
   Storage region	The region that stores the data. The provider assigns this value when creating the account.	Optional for: Amazon S3, Google Cloud Platform, Alibaba Cloud

5. For Amazon C2S S3 accounts only, complete the Credential server information:

   Option	Description
   URI	Enter a fully qualified URI for Amazon C2S S3 account credential server.
   Agency	Agency name required to connect to an Amazon C2S S3 Access Portal (CAP or Token Vending Machine (TVM)).
   Mission	Mission name required to connect to an Amazon C2S S3 Access Portal.
   Role	Role name required to connect to an Amazon C2S S3 Access Portal.
   Certificate	Name or id of a certificate to connect to an Amazon C2S S3 Access Portal. Import the certificate using the isi certificate authority and isi cloud certificate import commands.
   Proxy	Name of id of a proxy to connect to an Amazon C2S S3 Access Portal. The proxy is created using isi proxy create CLI.

6. Click the Connect Account button.
   The Create a Cloud Storage Account dialog box closes, and the new cloud account appears in the Cloud Storage Accounts list. The Name, Type, State, Username, and URI associated with the account is displayed.