The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Object Storage service offers a highly scalable, high-performance storage platform designed for reliability and cost efficiency. It enables you to store an unlimited volume of unstructured data of any type, including analytics data, images, videos, and other rich content.
When integrated with Nasuni, OCI Object Storage serves as the cloud object backend for Nasuni’s file data platform, providing seamless file storage, synchronization, and disaster recovery across distributed environments. This combination allows organizations to leverage OCI’s scalability and durability with Nasuni’s global file system for efficient, secure, and cost-effective data management.
Prerequisites
This document assumes that the customer has the following in place:
An active Oracle Cloud Infrastructure account and access to the appropriate tenancy. For details, see Create and Activate an Oracle Cloud Account.
Identity and Access Management (IAM) permissions to access the OCI Object Storage. For details, see "Manage Users, Groups, and Access in a Region with Identity Domains".
A valid Customer secret key. For details, see Creating a Customer Secret Key.
Networking and firewall configurations
OCI Object Storage buckets can be accessed publicly through authorized API calls. If you plan to restrict access using a Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) or Private Endpoints, ensure that the necessary configurations are properly set up in advance. For details, see Security Rules.
Outbound connectivity from Nasuni Edge Appliance to OCI Object Storage endpoints and Nasuni NOC endpoints. For details, see Nasuni Firewall and Port Requirements.
Storage tiers
OCI Object Storage has 3 performance tiers: Standard, Infrequent Access, and Archive. Nasuni only supports online tiers, which are Standard and Infrequent Access.
Storing production data in the Standard tier is recommended for most volumes, because it provides the optimal balance of cost and performance without affecting Edge Appliance efficiency.
Transitioning Objects using Lifecycle Policy
To reduce storage costs over time, customers can automatically transition older or less frequently accessed data to the Infrequent Access tier, using OCI Object Storage Lifecycle Policy. This transition is fully managed within OCI, and no configuration changes are required on the Nasuni side to enable or support this functionality. For details, see Object Storage Object Lifecycle Management.
Configuration
Nasuni supports Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage using the Nasuni Connector for Amazon S3.
Specifying credentials
To configure Nasuni credentials for OCI Object Storage, follow these steps:
Ensure that port 443 (HTTPS) is open between the Nasuni Edge Appliance and the object storage solution.
On the NEA UI, select Configuration. On the NMC, select Account.
Then select Cloud Credentials from the menu.
On the NEA UI, click Add Amazon S3 Credentials. On the NMC, click Add New Credentials, then select Amazon S3.
Enter information from the Oracle Cloud Storage account:
Name: A name for this set of credentials, which is used for display purposes.
Access Key ID: The bucket or container user name for authentication.
Secret Access Key: The bucket or container user password for authentication.
Hostname: The target endpoint URL of the object storage solution. For Oracle, see Object Storage Service API.
Tip: For more details, speak to Oracle Support regarding the OCI Object Storage service endpoint.
Verify SSL Certificates: For self-signed certificates, certificates generated with a private root CA, or a default certificate: unselect Verify SSL Certificates. For fully valid SSL certificate: select Verify SSL Certificates.
Filers (on NMC): The target Nasuni Edge Appliances.
Click Save Credentials.
The specified credentials are saved.
Adding volumes
At this point, you can begin adding volumes to the Nasuni Edge Appliance. To add a volume, follow these steps.
On the NMC, click Volumes, then click Create Volume from the list. The Create Volume page appears.
From the Target Filer drop-down list, select the NEA where the new volume is to be created.
Name: Enter a human-readable name for the volume.
Cloud Provider: Select Amazon S3.
Credentials: Select the Cloud Credentials for this volume.
Region: Select Other (S3 Compatible).
For the remaining options select what is needed for the volume.
Click Create Volume.
This creates a new volume with OCI Object Storage.