Editing SMB settings for a gateway - Amazon Storage Gateway
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Editing SMB settings for a gateway

Gateway-level SMB settings let you configure the security strategy, Active Directory authentication, guest access, local group permissions, and file share visibility for the SMB file shares on a gateway.

To edit gateway level SMB settings

  1. Open the Storage Gateway console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/storagegateway/home.

  2. Choose Gateways, then choose the gateway for which you want to edit SMB settings.

  3. From the Actions dropdown menu, choose Edit SMB settings, then choose the settings you want to edit.

This section contains the following topics, which provide additional information and procedures related to configuring each of the individual SMB settings for your gateway.

Topics

  • Set gateway security level - Learn how to set a security level to specify connection requirements such as Server Message Block (SMB) signing and encryption, and whether to allow connections from SMB version 1 clients.

  • Configure Active Directory authentication - Learn how to configure your corporate Active Directory or Amazon Managed Microsoft AD for user authenticated access to your SMB file share.

  • Provide guest access - Learn how to configure your gateway to allow guest access for any user that provides the correct guest account username and password.

  • Configure local groups - Learn how to configure local groups to grant Active Directory users special file share permissions.

  • Set file share visibility - Learn how to specify whether the shares on a gateway are visible when listing shares to users.