XenData Gateway With Wasabi

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XenData Cloud File Gateway allows file-based applications to seamlessly use Wasabi. For more information on the Wasabi - XenData joint solution brief, see XenData. This product (version 7.03 and higher) runs on a Windows server and creates a highly scalable active archive that is accessed over your network via standard SMB or NFS protocols. This article describes how to configure Wasabi access from the XenData Cloud File Gateway software.

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Adding a Wasabi S3 Account to the XenData Configuration

  1. To launch the S3 Endpoint Configuration utility, click the Windows Start icon.

  2. Open the XenData program group.

  3. Click the S3 Endpoint Configuration entry in the list.

  4. Right-click on S3 Endpoints.

  5. Select New and then Wasabi S3 Endpoint.

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  6. Enter the name for the endpoint (do not include spaces).

  7. Click OK.

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  8. Select the endpoint name shown under S3 Endpoints.

  9. Enter the Access Key ID and Secret Key from your S3 account.

  10. Once you have added the keys, select the region where you want your buckets created from the drop-down.

  11. Click Apply.

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  12. Reboot the computer.

  13. Expand the Diagnostics section in the left pane of the Cloud Gateway Management Console.

  14. Select the S3 Endpoint to configure.

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  15. The right-hand panel of the console will display the Account Identity (including the endpoint name). There are two configuration options.

    • Enable Account—This must be enabled to access the endpoint.

    • Transmit checksums with uploaded data—By enabling this option, checksums are transmitted when data is uploaded to the endpoint and used to verify the data.