Set up Amazon S3 compatible storage on Snow Family devices

1. Log in to Amazon OpsHub, then choose Manage Storage.

   This takes you to the Amazon S3 compatible storage on Snow Family devices landing page.

2. For Start service setup type, choose Simple.

3. Choose Start service.

   Note

   This takes a few minutes to complete and depends on the number of devices you're using.

   After the service starts, the Service state is active, and there are endpoints.

   

1. Log in to Amazon OpsHub, then choose Manage Storage.

   This takes you to the Amazon S3 compatible storage on Snow Family devices landing page.

2. For Start service setup type, choose Advanced.

3. Select the devices that you need to create VNICs for.

   For clusters, you need a minimum quorum of devices to start the Amazon S3 compatible storage on Snow Family devices service. The quorum is two for a three-node cluster.

   Note

   For the initial start of the service in a cluster setup, you must have all devices in the cluster configured and available for the service to start. For subsequent starts, you can use a subset of the devices if you meet quorum, but the service will start in a degraded state.

4. For each device, choose an existing VNIC or select Create VNI.

   Each device needs a VNIC for the S3 endpoint for object operations and another for the S3Control endpoint for bucket operations.

5. If you're creating a VNIC, choose a physical network interface and enter the status IP address and subnet mask, then choose Create virtual network interface.

6. After you create your VNICS, choose Start service.

   Note

   This takes a few minutes to complete and depends on the number of devices you're using.

   After the service starts, the Service state is active, and there are endpoints.

1. Log in to Amazon OpsHub, then choose Manage Storage.

   This takes you to the Amazon S3 compatible storage on Snow Family devices landing page.

2. In Amazon S3 compatible storage on Snow resources, choose Enable service auto-start. The system configures the service to automatically start in the future.

   

1. Open Amazon OpsHub.

2. In Manage storage, choose Get started. The Amazon S3 compatible storage on Snow page appears.

3. In Buckets, choose Create bucket. The Create bucket screen appears.

   

4. In Bucket name, enter a name for the bucket.

   Note

   Bucket names must be unique within your Snowball device or cluster and must not contain spaces or uppercase letters.

5. Choose Create bucket. The system creates the bucket and it appears in Buckets in the Amazon S3 compatible storage on Snow page.

1. Open Amazon OpsHub

2. In Manage storage, in Buckets, choose a bucket in which to upload files. The page for that bucket appears.

3. In the bucket page, choose Upload files. The Upload page appears.

   

4. Upload files or folders by dragging them from an operating system file manager to the Amazon OpsHub window or do the following:

   1. Select Add files or Add folders.

   2. Select one or more files or folders to upload. Select Open.

   The system uploads the selected files and folders to the bucket on the device. After the upload is complete, the names of the files and folders appear in the Files and folders list.

1. Open Amazon OpsHub.

2. In Manage storage, in Buckets, select the name of a bucket from which to delete files and folders. The page for that bucket appears.

3. In Files and folders select the check boxes of the files and folders to permanently delete.

4. Select Remove. The system removes the files or folders from the bucket on the device.

To use the empty bucket tool

1. Open Amazon OpsHub.

2. In Manage storage, in Buckets, select the radio button of the bucket to empty.

3. Select Empty. The Empty bucket page appears.

   

4. In the text box in the Empty bucket page, type permanently delete.

5. Select Empty. The system empties the bucket.

To delete an empty bucket

1. In Manage storage, in Buckets, select the radio button of the bucket to delete.

2. Select Delete. The Delete bucket page appears.

   

3. In the text box in the Delete bucket page, type the name of the bucket.

4. Select Delete. The system deletes the bucket from the device.