Provisioning object storage space

Object storage space is provisioned via S3 buckets created in the S3 cluster.

Limitations

• Only one S3 cluster can be created on top of the storage cluster.

• All components of the S3 cluster should run on multiple nodes for high availability. Name server and object server components in the S3 cluster are automatically balanced and migrated between S3 nodes. S3 gateways are not automatically migrated; their high availability is based on load balancing.

  We recommend using an external load balancer to balance traffic between S3 nodes with gateways. The external load balancer must support session persistence (also called sticky sessions) based on the source IP address and SSL certificate management.

  DNS load balancing can be used for test purposes only. For production, use an external load balancer.

Prerequisites

• A clear understanding of object storage, which is explained in About object storage.
• Your hardware meets the requirements listed in Object storage requirements.
• Your infrastructure networks are set up, as described in Setting up networks for object storage.
• The storage cluster is created by following the instructions in Deploying the storage cluster.
• The nodes that will run the S3 services are available in Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure.

Provisioning overview

1. Create the S3 cluster.
2. Add S3 users.
3. Access S3 buckets via the Virtuozzo Hybrid Infrastructure user panel or a third-party S3 application like Cyberduck, Mountain Duck, etc. (refer to "Accessing S3 buckets" in the Storage User’s Guide).