Mediaflex-UMS With Wasabi

Mediaflex-UMS (Unified Media Services) by TransMedia Dynamics helps you orchestrate and securely preserve digital and physical assets, transforming media management via workflows. Wasabi has been validated for use with Mediaflex-UMS.

Requirements

• Mediaflex release Q1 2024 and later

• S3 compatible File Transfer Service

• Active Wasabi Cloud Storage Account

• Wasabi Bucket - See Working With Buckets and Objects

• Access and Secret Key Pair—See our Access Keys Guide

Reference Architecture Diagram

Configuration

Adding a Storage Device for Wasabi Hot Storage

1. Log in to the Mediaflex Workstation Client.

2. Navigate to Tools, then Area, then Device Configuration.

   

3. Right-click on an area and select Add New, then Device.

4. From the Type drop-down box, select S3 Compatible Storage.

   In the Details, give it a unique name to identify the Wasabi Hot Storage. 

   Enter the following information.

   • Access Key ID—Input your Wasabi Access Key

   • Secret Access Key—Input your Wasabi Secret Key

   • Service URL—Enter the Wasabi Storage Region URL that you plan on using

   • Bucket—Input your bucket name

   • Vendor—Set to Generic

   • Region—Input the Wasabi Storage Region

     

Adding the Transfer.S3 Compatible Service

1. Log in to UMS Manager in your preferred browser.

2. Click the ellipsis of a controller that the service should be added to and select Add Service.

3. Search for S3 Com and select Transfer.S3 Compatible.
   

4. Fill in the settings as required (you can leave them at the default values).

5. Click Save.  

   

Configuring a Data Move task in a Preset

1. Log in to the Mediaflex Workstation client.

2. Navigate to Workflow, then Workflow Designer.

3. Add a Data Move task to the designer.

   

4. Configure the task, selecting the Wasabi Hot Storage device created in Step 1 in the Copy To section.

5. Save the preset. 

6. This preset can be raised to copy items to Wasabi Hot Storage.