OVHcloud is a leading European cloud provider offering a range of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) solutions, including hosted private cloud and public cloud services. Known for owning its data centers and networking infrastructure, it focuses on providing secure, sustainable, and cost-effective solutions. OVHcloud operates over 40 data centers across four continents and manages its own fiber optic network. OVHcloud focuses on data sovereignty, GDPR compliance, open standards (preventing vendor lock-in), and competitive pricing.
When integrated with Nasuni, OVHcloud 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 OVHcloud’s scalability and durability with Nasuni’s global file system for efficient, secure, and cost-effective data management.
Prerequisites
Note: Nasuni supports OVHcloud using the Nasuni Connector for Amazon S3.
This document assumes that the customer has the following in place:
An active OVHcloud account and appropriate access.
Port 443 (HTTPS) must be open between the Nasuni Edge Appliance and the object storage solution.
The following information is necessary from the OVHcloud OpenIO cluster:
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’s hostname of the object storage solution.
Networking and firewall configurations
For more information, see Nasuni Firewall and Port Requirements.
Does the endpoint have a public SSL certificate?
Configuration
Note: Nasuni supports OVHcloud using the Nasuni Connector for Amazon S3.
Note: Port 443 (HTTPS) must be open between the Nasuni Edge Appliance and the object storage solution.
Specifying credentials
To configure Nasuni credentials for OVHcloud 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, click Configuration. On the NMC, click Account.
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 OVHcloud OpenIO cluster:
Name: A name for this set of credentials, which is used for display purposes, such as ‘ObjectStorageCluster1’.
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’s hostname of the object storage solution.
Tip: For more information, contact OVHcloud Support regarding the service endpoint.
Verify SSL Certificates: Check the box only if the endpoint has a public certificate.
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 that you configured in Specifying credentials above.
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 OVHcloud storage.