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Learn about few use cases for StorageGRID configurations

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Explore few use cases for StorageGRID configurations implemented by customers and NetApp IT.

The following examples illustrate configurations as implemented by StorageGRID customers, including NetApp IT.

F5 BIG-IP local traffic manager health check monitor for S3 bucket

To configure the F5 BIG-IP local traffic manager health check monitor, follow these steps:

Steps

  1. Create a new monitor.

    1. In the Type field, enter HTTPS.

    2. Configure the interval and timeout as desired.

    3. In the Send String field, enter OPTIONS / HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n.
      \r\n are carriage returns; different versions of BIG-IP software require zero, one, or two sets of \r\n sequences. For more information, see https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K10655.

    4. In the Receive String field, enter: HTTP/1.1 200 OK.

      Monitor configuration page

  2. In Create Pool, create one pool for each port required.

    1. Assign the health monitor that you created in the previous step.

    2. Select a load-balancing method.

    3. Select service port: 18082 (S3).

    4. Add nodes.

Citrix NetScaler

Citrix NetScaler creates a virtual server for the storage endpoint and refers to StorageGRID Storage Nodes as Application Servers, which are then grouped into Services.

Use the HTTPS-ECV health check monitor to create a custom monitor to perform the recommended health check by using the OPTIONS request and receiving 200. HTTP-ECV is configured with a send string and validates a receive string.

For more information, see the Citrix documentation, Sample configuration for HTTP-ECV health check monitor.

Citrix Netscaler Monitor configuration page

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Loadbalancer.org

Loadbalancer.org has conducted their own integration testing with StorageGRID and has an extensive configuration guide: https://pdfs.loadbalancer.org/NetApp_StorageGRID_Deployment_Guide.pdf.

Kemp

Kemp has conducted their own integration testing with StorageGRID and has an extensive configuration guide: https://kemptechnologies.com/solutions/netapp/.

HAProxy

Configure HAProxy to use the OPTIONS request and check for a 200 status response for the health check in haproxy.cfg. You can change the bind port in the front end to a different port, such as 443.

The following is an example for SSL termination on HAProxy:

frontend s3
       bind *:443 crt /etc/ssl/server.pem ssl
       default_backend s3-serve
rs
backend s3-servers
       balance leastconn
       option httpchk
       http-check expect status 200
       server dc1-s1 10.63.174.71:18082 ssl verify none check inter 3000
       server dc1-s2 10.63.174.72:18082 ssl verify none check inter 3000
       server dc1-s3 10.63.174.73:18082 ssl verify none check inter 3000

The following is an example for SSL pass-through:

frontend s3
       mode tcp
       bind *:443
       default_backend s3-servers
backend s3-servers
       balance leastconn
       option httpchk
       http-check expect status 200
       server dc1-s1 10.63.174.71:18082 check-ssl verify none inter 3000
       server dc1-s2 10.63.174.72:18082 check-ssl verify none inter 3000
       server dc1-s3 10.63.174.73:18082 check-ssl verify none inter 3000

For full examples of configurations for StorageGRID, see Examples for HAProxy Configuration on GitHub.