This wizard is launched when a new Amazon S3 Node is added to the Nodes Inventory.
Note: Ensure that the Proxy Node defined within the wizard is time synced. If the time is different by over 5 minutes, then the node creation and future backup may fail. It is recommended that the system time on all nodes should have the correct date/time associated with their particular region and time zone.
Note: There are some differences between the Amazon S3 node creation and the HCP cloud scale node creation which will be noted in this section. ‘S3 Node’ will be used as a general term to represent an Amazon S3 node.
Figure. S3 Node Wizard - Specify Node Name
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| Node Name | Enter a name for the S3 node. |
| Tags | Add the tags to be associated with the object being created. |
Figure. S3 Node Wizard - Allocate Node to Access Control Resource Group
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| Resource Groups | Select the resource group(s) to which this node will be allocated for the purposes of RBAC. All nodes are automatically allocated to the 'default' resource group. |
Figure. S3 Node Wizard - Specify Creation Mode
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| Mode | Select one of the following options:
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Figure. S3 Node Wizard - Select Proxy Node
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| Proxy Node | Enter or select the node that will host the S3 proxy. |
Figure. S3 Node Wizard - Specify Node Metadata Cache Directory
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| Directory | Enter the path of the directory where you want to create the new S3 metadata cache or select the path by clicking the Browse button to open the Path Dialog. The metadata cache holds an index and metadata for backups that arestored in the S3 cloud. This is only a cache and can be rebuilt from the S3 cloud content if lost. |
Amazon S3 specific configuration
Figure. Amazon S3 Wizard - Configure S3
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| Access Key ID | Amazon S3 Access Key ID. This is the equivalent of a user . See Amazon S3 documentation for further information. |
| Secret Access Key | Amazon S3 Secret Access Key. This is the equivalent of a password. See Amazon S3 documentation for further information. |
| Bucket Name | This a name of where you will store data in the Amazon S3. It needs to be globally unique across all users of AWS across all regions. Consider the bucket name to be akin to a URL and it uses the DNS compliant naming conventions. See Amazon S3 documentation for further information. |
| Region | This is the region where the store will be created. Generally, you should select a store closest to your geographic region. See Amazon S3 documentation for further information. |