Configuring tenant accounts and connections

Configuring StorageGRID to accept connections from client applications requires creating one or more tenant accounts and setting up the connections.

Steps

  1. Creating and configuring Swift tenant accounts
    A Swift tenant account is required before Swift API clients can store and retrieve objects on StorageGRID. Each tenant account has its own account ID, groups and users, and containers and objects.
  2. Identifying IP addresses for API Gateway Nodes and Storage Nodes
    Client applications use the IP address of a Storage Node or API Gateway Node to connect to StorageGRID.
  3. Deciding to use HTTPS or HTTP connections
    Client applications can use encrypted HTTPS connections or less-secure HTTP connections when they connect to the Storage Nodes or API Gateway Nodes.
  4. Identifying port numbers for API Gateway Nodes and Storage Nodes
    You must know which port number to use when connecting the Swift client to the Storage Node or API Gateway Node.
  5. Testing your connection in the Swift API configuration
    You can use the Swift CLI to test your connection to the StorageGRID system and to verify that you can read and write objects to the system.
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August 2019