Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) Configuration

Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) is a private cloud object storage offering from Hitachi Vantara. Nasuni enables customers to leverage HCP for high-performance file storage. By using Nasuni’s object storage-based global file system with HCP, customers can modernize legacy NAS and file server infrastructure and achieve new levels of cross-office file collaboration.

Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) configuration

Before configuring Nasuni for HCP, you must follow this procedure from Hitachi Vantara: How do I configure Hitachi Content Platform for Nasuni?.

Configuration

Nasuni supports HCP using the Nasuni Connector for Hitachi Content Platform.

To configure Nasuni for HCP, follow these steps:

1. Ensure that port 443 (HTTPS) is open between the Nasuni Edge Appliance and HCP.

2. Click Configuration. On NMC, click Account.

3. Select Cloud Credentials.

4. Click Add New Credentials, then select Hitachi Content Platform from the drop-down menu.

5. Enter the following from the Hitachi Content Platform storage service account:
   Name: A name for this set of credentials, which is used for display purposes, such as ObjectStorageCluster1.
   Access Key ID: The Base64-encoded username for your user account for HCP for this set of credentials. This is the left-hand part of the authorization token in Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) configuration above.
   Secret Access Key: The object data store key from the HCP user interface for this set of credentials. This is the right-hand part of the authorization token in Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) configuration above.
   Hostname: The hostname for the location of the object storage solution.
   Verify SSL Certificates: For self-signed certificates, certificates generated with a private root CA, or a default certificate: Off. For fully valid SSL certificate: On.
   Targets (on NMC only): The target Nasuni Edge Appliance(s).

6. Click Save Credentials.

At this point, you can begin adding volumes to the Nasuni Edge Appliance.

Adding volumes

To add volumes with HCP, follow these steps:

1. Click Volumes, then click Add New Volume. The Add New Volume page appears.

2. Enter the following information for the new volume:
   Name: Enter a human-readable name for the volume.
   Cloud Provider: Select Hitachi Content Platform (HCP).
   Credentials: Select the Cloud Credentials that you defined in step 5 for this volume, such as ObjectStorageCluster1.
   
   For the remaining options, select what is appropriate for this volume.

3. Click Save.

This creates a new volume with HCP.

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