Configuring connection settings for S3 API

You must configure a number of settings before the Archive Node can communicate with an external archival storage system that connects to the StorageGRID system through the S3 API.

Attention: The use of the Cloud Tiering - Simple Storage Service (S3) option, which moves objects from an Archive Node to an external archival storage system, has been replaced by ILM Cloud Storage Pools, which offer more functionality. The Cloud Tiering - Simple Storage Service (S3) option is still supported, but you might prefer to implement Cloud Storage Pools instead.

If you are currently using an Archive Node with the Cloud Tiering - Simple Storage Service (S3) option, consider migrating your objects to a Cloud Storage Pool. See "Migrating objects from Cloud Tiering - S3 to a Cloud Storage Pool."

Before you begin

You must be signed in to the Grid Manager using a supported browser.
You have specific access permissions.
You need to create a bucket on the target archival storage system:
- The bucket must be dedicated to a single Archive Node. It cannot be used by other Archive Nodes or other applications.
- The bucket must have the appropriate region selected for your location.
- The bucket should be configured with versioning suspended.
Object Segmentation must be enabled and the Maximum Segment Size must be less than or equal to 4.5 GiB (4,831,838,208 bytes). S3 API requests that exceed this value will fail if Simple Storage Service (S3) is used as the external archival storage system.

About this task

Until these settings are configured, the ARC service remains in a Major alarm state as it is unable to communicate with the external archival storage system.

Steps

Select Support > Grid Topology.
Select Archive Node > ARC > Target.
Click Configuration > Main .
Select Cloud Tiering - Simple Storage Service (S3) from the Target Type drop-down list.
Note: Configuration settings are unavailable until you select a Target Type.
Configure the cloud tiering (S3) account through which the Archive Node will connect to the target external S3 capable archival storage system.
Most of the fields on this page are self-explanatory. The following describes fields for which you might need guidance.
- Region: Only available if Use AWS is selected. The region you select must match the bucket's region.
- Endpoint and Use AWS: For Amazon Web Services (AWS), select Use AWS. Endpoint is then automatically populated with an endpoint URL based on the Bucket Name and Region attributes. For example, https://bucket.region.amazonaws.com
  For a non-AWS target, enter the URL of the system hosting the bucket, including the port number. For example, https://system.com:1080
- End Point Authentication: Enabled by default. Clear to disable endpoint SSL certificate and host name verification for the targeted external archival storage system. Only clear the checkbox if the network to the external archival storage system is trusted. If another instance of a StorageGRID system is the target archival storage device and the system is configured with publicly signed certificates, you do not need to clear the checkbox.
- Storage Class: Select Standard, the default value, for regular storage, or Reduced Redundancy, which provides lower cost storage with less reliability for objects that can be easily recreated. If the targeted archival storage system is another instance of the StorageGRID system, Storage Class controls the target system's dual-commit behavior.
Click Apply Changes.
The specified configuration settings are validated and applied to your StorageGRID system. Once configured, the target cannot be changed.