This wizard is launched when a new HCP cloud scale 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 HCP cloud scale node.
Figure. HCP Node Wizard - Specify Node Name
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| Node Name | Enter a name for the HCP node. |
| Tags | Add the tags to be associated with the object being created. |
Figure. HCP 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. HCP Node Wizard - Specify Creation Mode
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| Mode | Select one of the following options:
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Figure. HCP Node Wizard - Select Proxy Node
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| Proxy Node | Enter or select the node that will host the S3 proxy. |
Figure. HCP 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. |
Figure. HCP cloud scale Wizard - Configure S3
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| S3 Service Endpoint | The HTTP endpoint to communicate with the HCP cloud scale S3 service. |
| Ignore SSL certificate errors | Ignore SSL errors when using self-signed certificates. |
| S3 Access Key | This is the equivalent of a user. |
| S3 Secret Key | This is the equivalent of a password. |
| Bucket Name | This a name of where you will store data on the HCP cloud scale device. Consider the bucket name to be akin to a URL and it uses the DNS compliant naming conventions. |
Figure. HCP Node Wizard - Summary
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| Summary | Summary of the parameters entered above. |