Amazon OutPosts

Use the following information to add or modify an Amazon S3 cloud storage library with AWS Outposts Support in the Add / Edit Cloud Storage (General) dialog box in CommCell Console.

AWS Outposts can be configured using Access & Secret Access Keys or AWS IAM Role Policy authentication methods.

Before You Begin

Review the following requirements:

Options

Option

Description

Additional Information

Name

The name of the Cloud library.

Device Name

A unique device name generated by the system when the library is added.

Type

Select Amazon S3 from the list.

MediaAgent

The name of the MediaAgent to which the device is attached. Select a MediaAgent from the list to add to the cloud storage device. The list contains the names of all the MediaAgents configured in the CommCell.

For AWS IAM Role Policy the selected MediaAgent must reside in the EC2 instance and an IAM Role must be associated with the EC2 instance. Make sure to select the specific MediaAgent from the drop-down list during library configuration. (For more information about installing the MediaAgent on the EC2 instance, see MediaAgent Installations.)

Access Information

Add the credentials and other details required to access the cloud storage space.

Authentication

The following authentication methods are supported for configuring a cloud library for AWS Outposts:

  • Access & Secret Access Keys

  • AWS IAM Role Policy

The IAM Role must have the following actions enabled in the Amazon S3 account:

Sample json file with these actions.

"s3-outposts:GetObject"
"s3-outposts:PutObject"
"s3-outposts:PutObjectTagging"
"s3-outposts:ListBucket"
"s3-outposts:ListRegionalBuckets"
"s3-outposts:DeleteObject"
"s3-outposts:GetAccessPoint"
"s3-outposts:ListRegionalBuckets"
"s3-outposts:ListAccessPoints"

Service Host

A valid endpoint for the AWS Outposts region, in the format, outpostID.s3-outposts.region.amazonaws.com.

For example, op-1f121e54d0a908a0t.s3-outposts.us-east-1.amazonaws.com.

Multiple hosts can be added in the Service Host field using commas to separate them. For example servicehost1, servicehost2, servicehost3. (For local cloud servers with multiple IP addresses, the list of IP addresses can be added. For example, 192.xxx.0.100,192.xxx.0.101, 192.xxx.0.102. )

Note

All the hosts (or IP addresses) in the list must point to the same storage. Adding a host or IP address to a different storage will result in data loss.

Credentials

For Access & Secret Key or AWS STS Assume Role Policy authentication, select a pre-defined credential from the drop-down list.

To define a new credential, click Add New, enter the following information:

  • Credential Name: A user-defined name for the credential.

  • Access Key ID: Access key ID for the account.

  • Secret Access Key: Secret access key for the account.

Credentials must not contain blank spaces or other special characters. For instructions about creating a credential, see Adding a Credential to Credential Vault.

Bucket

Click the Detect button to detect an existing bucket.

A bucket with access point on AWS OutPosts must be created manually. Bucket creation might take up to 20 minutes.

Storage Class

AWS Outposts supports only the Outposts storage class by default even when the Standard storage class is selected from the Storage Class list.

The other storage classes in the Storage Class list are not honored.

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